Psalms 18:43

"Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;

Thou hast made me the head of the nations:

A people I have not known shall serve me.

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me;

The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.

The foreigners shall fade away,

And shall come trembling out of their close places.

Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock;

And exalted be the God of my salvation,

Even the God that executeth vengeance for me,

And subdueth peoples under me."

"Thou has made me the head of the nations." The word nations is often translated "Gentiles," and it must be admitted that David was never head of the Gentiles in any significant degree. As Halley said, "`Head of the nations' could be true of David only in a partial sense. This looks forward beyond the time of David to the Throne of David's Greater Son."[23] "This is a Messianic prophecy, parallel with Psalms 2:8."[24]