Psalms 89:27 - Exposition

Also I will make him my firstborn. There is but one true "Firstborn"—"the Only Begotten of the Father." All other so called "firstborns"—as Israel ( Exodus 4:22 ), Ephraim ( Jeremiah 31:9 ), David—are reflections or representatives, in some way or other, of the real and only true "Firstborn." Higher than the kings of the earth ; literally, the most high above the kings of the earth; i.e. standing to the other "kings of the earth" as "the Most High" to his angelic ministers.