ruling to the ends of the earth, securing for his subjects justice and peace—such as were never possessed by any actual Israelite king, and which thus point onward to a future ideal king. In what sense, however, are these Psalms fulfilled by Christ? A careful study of prophecy shows that Christ ‘does not so much fulfil predictions as realize ideals’ (cp. Edghill, Evidential Value of Prophecy, 1906, pp. 435 f., 483 f.); and the Messianic Psalms contain, not predictions, but ideals. They are not predictions