Psalms 21:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Ver. 1. _The king shall joy in thy strength_] This psalm dependeth upon the former, and is therefore fitly set next unto it. Some call it David's tr... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. Ver. 2. Thou hast given him his heart's desire] Good men are sure to have out their prayers either in money or in money's worth, as they say; in that very thing they desire, or a better. If God cross the... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. Ver. 3. _For thou preventest him with the blessinqs of goodness_] Not staying till he asked them of thee. He had but a thought of building thee a house and thou sentest Nathan to tell him that tho... [ Continue Reading ]
He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever. Ver. 4. _He asked life of thee_] _Quando fugiebat a Saule,_ saith R. Solomon, when he fled from Saul; rather when he went into the field against his enemies, carrying his life in his hand. His life we begged... [ Continue Reading ]
His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. Ver. 5. _His glory is great in thy salvation_] He was at first slighted, even by his own, as a petty prince; and the Philistines came up to seek him, that they might suppress him before he grew too strong for them; i... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. Ver. 6. _For thou hast made him most blessed for ever_] Heb. Thou hast set him to be blessings. For as the wicked, when destroyed by some horrible judgment, are examples to others of God's curse, I... [ Continue Reading ]
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. _7. For the king trusteth in the Lord_] So then his joy was the joy of faith, which is unspeakable and full of glory; and he must needs be safe who relieth upon God, Isaiah 26:4 . _ He shall not be mov... [ Continue Reading ]
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Ver. 8. _Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies_] Thine, because ours; for thou art in a league with us, both defensive and offensive: now our enemies act as if they were out of the reach of thy ro... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 9. _Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven_] _i.e._ Thou shall lay upon them grievous and exquisite miseries, Lamentations 5:10. He alludeth to the overth... [ Continue Reading ]
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. Ver. 10. _Their fruit shalt thou destroy_] _i.e._ Their labour, and that which comes thereof, Proverbs 21:16; Proverbs 21:31; they shall toil to no purpose; the gains shall not pay for the pains, _Nulla em... [ Continue Reading ]
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. Ver. 11. _For they intended evil against thee_] Because against thy people. He that wrongeth a subject is arraigned for injury done to the king, his crown and dignity. And as a certain g... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them. Ver. 12. _Therefore shall thou make them turn their back_] Who faced the very heavens, and ran, as it were, full butt against thee; such was their impudence and ins... [ Continue Reading ]
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power. Ver. 13. _Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength_] _Finit Psalmum cum laude, sicut incepit,_ saith Aben Ezra. He closeth up the psalm, as he began it, with praise and prayer that God would arise and destroy... [ Continue Reading ]