Of course, this psalm does not speak only about the king. Were the feelings that filled the royal psalmist experienced by crowned heads alone? Could not everyone who feels grateful to the Lord for His gifts repeat the psalmist's words?
And yet a king has a special ministry. David, who knew both the taste and the temptations of power as well as the responsibility of public service, experienced this too. Many of his subjects repeatedly had to pay for a king's sins and wrongful deeds. But the blessing received by a king also benefited the whole country more than once. It is therefore important that the living bond between a king and the Lord should not be broken or degenerate into empty ritualism.
