broad perspective of one who has known extremes, both of joy and of sorrow, that the psalmist would write of the summum bonum, the supreme good. He has found one thing that will, when received and followed, make life worth living—the torah of the LORD, God’s revelation of his will, in and through his word (v. 131; cf. Ps 42:1). Some believe the author was a king. Rotherham, not without reason, suggests Hezekiah.149 Coming to the throne at the age of 25, he “trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel.