22:20
“He brought me out into a spacious place”. This was literally true of David. We can feel hemmed in by all the difficulties we face, it can seem as if we have no room for manoeuvre. The Lord can dramatically change our circumstances. “He rescued me because He delighted in me”. God does not rescue us reluctantly, He does not need to be persuaded (but we are told to be persistent in prayer). God actually delights in us, we are His treasured creation.
22:21
In one sense 22:21-25 are problematic, for David most definitely was not righteous on his own merits. He had infamously committed adultery and murder, there were also other instances when his behaviour was less than perfect. Even if we take this as referring to his earlier years, David was not perfect. Indeed the Psalms make it clear that David was aware of his sinfulness. The commentary I am using talks about it in terms of full commitment to the Lord, but even that does not solve the “problem”, for David was not always absolutely committed, as his disobedience shows. There is one of whom these verses are true, and that, of course, is Jesus Christ. So it can be viewed as being messianic. And Christ’s righteousness is given to us, and God treats us according to Christ’s righteousness. This does not mean that He ignores our sin, for He disciplines us as sons.
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