Psalm 21

<< Psalm 21 >>
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
 

1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

1-6 A thanksgiving for victory 7-13 with confidence of further success

(Title.) A psalm. This is the people's or song of triumph, after the victory for which they prayed in the former psalm.

The king Ps 2:6 20:6,9 63:11 72:1,2 Isa 9:6,7 Mt 2:2

joy Ps 28:7 62:7 95:1 99:4

in thy Ps 20:5 71:17-24 118:14,15 Heb 12:2

2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

Ps 2:8,9 20:4,5 92:11 Isa 49:6-12 Heb 7:25

3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

preventest Ps 18:18 1Sa 16:13 2Sa 2:4 5:3 Job 41:11 Ro 11:35

blessings Ps 31:19 2Ch 6:41 Ro 2:4 Eph 1:3

settest 2Sa 12:30 1Ch 20:2 Heb 2:9 Re 19:12

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

asked Ps 13:3 16:10,11 61:5,6 119:77,175

length Ps 72:17 89:29,36,37 91:16 Re 1:18

5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

glory Ps 3:3 62:7 2Sa 7:8,9,19 Isa 49:5-7 63:1 Joh 13:31,32 17:1,5,22 Php 2:9-11 Heb 8:1 Re 5:8-13

honour Ps 110:1 1Ch 17:11-15,27 Mt 28:18 Eph 1:20-22 1Pe 3:22

6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

made [heb.] set him
to be blessings Ps 72:17-19 Ge 12:2 Lu 2:10,11,30-32 Ac 3:26 Ga 3:9,14 Eph 1:3

made him exceeding glad [heb.] gladdened him with joy Ps 4:6,7 16:11 45:7 63:2-5 Ac 2:28

7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

For the Ps 13:5 18:2 20:7,8 26:1 61:4,6,7 91:2,9,10 1Sa 30:6 Mt 27:43 Heb 2:13

most Ps 9:2 De 32:8,9

he shall Ps 16:8 Da 7:14

8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Ps 2:9 18:1 72:9 89:22,23 110:1,2 1Sa 25:29 31:3 2Sa 7:1 Am 9:2,3 Lu 19:14,27 1Co 15:25 Heb 10:28,29 Re 19:15

9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Thou Ge 19:28 Da 3:20-22 Mal 4:1 Mt 13:42,50 25:41,46 2Th 1:8 Re 20:14

the Lord Ps 56:1,2 106:17 Job 6:3 La 2:2

in his Ps 2:5,12 Mt 22:7 1Th 2:16 Re 6:16,17 19:15

the fire Ps 18:8 De 32:22 Isa 26:11 Na 1:6 Mt 3:10,12

10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Ps 37:28 109:13 1Ki 13:34 Job 18:16-19 20:28 Isa 14:20 Mal 4:1

11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

imagined Ps 2:1 10:2 31:13 35:20 Jer 11:18,19 Eze 11:2 Mt 21:46 26:4,5 Ac 5:27,28

are not Ps 83:4 Isa 7:6,7 8:9,10 Mt 2:8,16 27:63,64 28:2-6 Ac 4:17,18

12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

therefore Ps 9:3 44:10 56:9

make. or, set them as a butt Job 7:20 16:12,13 La 3:12

back [heb.] shoulder
thou shalt Ps 7:13 18:14 64:7

13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

Be thou Ps 18:46 46:10 57:5,11 72:18,19 113:5 1Ch 29:11 Job 9:19 Mt 6:10 Mt 6:13 Re 11:17

so will Ps 58:10,11 Re 15:3,4 16:5-7 18:20 19:1-6