Theme: The power of God's presence

Exegetical Note
This joyous coronation anthem probably celebrated the enthronement rather than the actual birth of a new Davidic King of Judah (perhaps Hezekiah) and expressed the messianic hope that this would at last be the one to restore both prosperity and security to God's people. That this hymn takes the extraordinary license of addressing this new king as "Mighty God" indicates that the people saw in this quasi-birth event the power of God's very presence. As applied in Christian retrospect to Jesus' ac…