Questions From Readers - Was the Psalmist David exaggerating or unrealistic in writing that he would praise God's name "forever," as recorded at Psalm 61:8?

 Some of David's writings dealt with  his life back then, as we can see from the superscriptions of Psalms 18, 51, and 52. In Psalm 23, David described Jehovah as a shepherd who provides guidance, refreshment, and protection. David was such a shepherd. And he wanted to serve God 'all the days of his life.' -Psalm 23:6. 

Bear in mind, too, that it was Jehovah who inspired David to write. What he wrote included prophecies about what was to come much later.  For example, in Psalm 110, David pointed to a time when his Lord would "sit at [God's] right hand in heaven and receive great power  To do what? To subdue God's enemies and "execute judgment against the nations on earth. David was an ancestor of the Messiah, the one who would rule from heaven and who would be "a priest forever." (Psalm 110:1-6)  Jesus confirmed  that the prophecy found at Psalm 110 was about him and that it would have a future fulfillment. - MATTHEW 22:41-45. 

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