This must be the psalm that modern Israelis read when they’re feeling particularly persecuted — not one for bedtime or for Sabbath morning, but one for wartime or for mourning of another kind.
Asaph turns back into a warrior-poet — regrettable in that this is the last of his 12 psalms — and he lists Israel’s military victories under YHWH’s command, but none of the defeats YAH allowed.
Speaking of propaganda, Spurgeon’s commentary on this psalm is helpful for a change, maybe because Christian soldiers like him seem to study war so much more than they promote peace.
“[Our enemies] have said, ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, / That the name of Israel may be remembered no more,’” was Asaph’s hit song back then, now just a tired old tune.