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Verse Psalms 21:12. _THEREFORE SHALT THOU MAKE THEM TURN THEIR BACK_]
God can in a moment strike the most powerful and numerous army, even
in the moment of victory, with _panic_; and then even the _la...
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THEREFORE SHALT THOU MAKE THEM TURN THEIR BACK - Margin, “Thou shalt
set them as a butt.” The word back also is rendered in the margin
“shoulder.” The word translated “therefore” means in this
placer...
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Psalms 21
The King's Glory Anticipated and Contemplated
_ 1. The King's power, glory and salvation (Psalms 21:1)_
2. His victory over the enemies (Psalms 21:7)...
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XXI. A THANKSGIVING FOR ROYAL VICTORY. The indications of date are the
same as in Psalms 20, though the tone is less religious.
PSALMS 21:4_ B_. For the hyperbole _cf._ 1 Kings 1:31; Psalms 61:7 f....
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STRINGS. bow-strings....
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The king, who must be supposed to be present, is now addressed. This
victory is an earnest of future victories. The total destruction of
all his enemies is confidently anticipated....
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Though they threaten thee with evil,
Though they devise a mischievous plan, they shall avail naught,
For thou shalt make them turn their backs,
Aiming with thy bowstrings against their faces....
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THEREFORE SHALT THOU MAKE THEM TURN THEIR BACK, &C.— _For thou shalt
make them as Shechem; i.e._ "Thou shalt subdue them, and portion them
out, as the two brothers did Shechem heretofore." The express...
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PSALMS 21
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Thanks for the King's Victory, and Confidence of Further Triumphs.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 21:1-6, Recent Victory with Joy Acknowledged, Psalms
21:1-2; traced back to...
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_THEREFORE SHALT THOU MAKE THEM TURN THEIR BACK, WHEN THOU SHALT MAKE
READY THINE ARROWS UPON THY STRINGS AGAINST THE FACE OF THEM._
Turn their back - literally, 'thou shalt set them for shoulder;'
i...
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The title and authorship have been discussed under Psalms 20, to which
this forms a sequel. Its contents include a thanksgiving to God for
His blessings to the king (Psalms 21:1), an address to the ki...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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_(_12_)_ THEREFORE. — Literally, _for thou shalt put them shoulder_
(_pones eos dorsum,_ Vulg.). _Upon thy strings thou shalt aim against
the face of them._ Ewald renders: “Shalt strike them back;” bu...
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_[Psalms 21:13]_ כִּ֭י תְּשִׁיתֵ֣מֹו שֶׁ֑כֶם
בְּ֝ מֵֽיתָרֶ֗יךָ...
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Psalms 21:1
This psalm is a pendant to the preceding. There the people prayed for
the king; here they give thanks for him: there they asked that his
desires might be fulfilled; here they bless Jehovah...
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REJOICING IN THE STRENGTH OF JEHOVAH
Psalms 21:1
This is a companion to the psalm preceding. The blessings there asked
for are here gladly acknowledged to have been granted; and bright
anticipations...
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The battle is over, the victory is won, and the assembled people sing
the song of victory. This song, while it celebrates one victory, runs
beyond it and praises Jehovah for all He has done for the ki...
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Therefore shalt thou make them (h) turn their back, [when] thou shalt
make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.
(h) As a mark to shoot at....
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_Help. This Christ might say a little before he expired, foreseeing
the distress of his Church, (Calmet) or he might use these words in
his agony; (St. Jerome) as this agrees with the sequel. (Calmet)...
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I do not interrupt the reading of these verses, that I may not swell
the Commentary unnecessarily: they all refer to one and the same
thing. The King Mediator having, by his own personal victories,
es...
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Psalms 19
_ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
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12._For thou wilt set them as a butt. _As the Hebrew word
שכם,_shekem, _which we have rendered _a butt, _properly signifies
_a shoulder, _some understand it in that sense here, and explain the
sentenc...
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In Psalms 21 we get the full answer to Psalms 20 and its desires, in
the exaltation of Christ, throwing its light back on the true
character of that psalm. The king rejoices in Jehovah's strength and...
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THEREFORE SHALL THOU MAKE THEM TURN THEIR BACK,.... Or flee and run
away to private places, to hide themselves from the wrath of God and
of the Lamb, though to no purpose; or "make them turn [behind t...
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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 f...
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_Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back_ That is, flee away at
the first sight of thee. Or, thou shalt set them as a butt to shoot
at, as the like phrase is used Job 7:20; Job 16:12. _When tho...
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THE CONFIDENCE OF FINAL TRIUMPH...
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Therefore shalt Thou make them turn their back, make them turn their
shoulder, force them to retreat and flee, WHEN THOU SHALT MAKE READY
THINE ARROWS UPON THY STRINGS AGAINST THE FACE OF THEM, that i...
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7-13 The psalmist teaches to look forward with faith, and hope, and
prayer upon what God would further do. The success with which God
blessed David, was a type of the total overthrow of all Christ's...
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TURN THEIR BACK, i.e. flee away at the first sight of thee, whereby
also they will be a fit mark for thine arrows. Or, _thou shalt set
them as a butt_ to shoot at, as the like phrase is used, DEUTERON...
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Psalms 21:12 make H7896 (H8799) back H7926 ready H3559 (H8787) string
H4340 faces H6440
Therefore -...
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ATTENTION NOW TURNS TO THE KING DECLARING HIS REWARD AND HIS SUCCESS
BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YHWH (PSALMS 21:8).
Psalms 21:8
Your hand will find out all your enemies,
Your right hand will find out tho...
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Psalms 21:1. _The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy
salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!_
See how greatly Christ rejoices, how full his heart is of gladness as
he sees God's power...
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Psalms 21:1. _The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy
salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his
heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips.
Se...
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CONTENTS: Praise for blessing and confidence for further victory.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Let praise be the blossom of prayer. Though we cannot sing
a note in honor of our own strength,...
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Psalms 21:1. _The king shall joy._ The Targum here, and in other
places, expressly names, “The King Messiah.”
Psalms 21:3. _A crown of pure gold._ Here again, as in Psalms 19:10,
the LXX read, and the...
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_The king shall Joy in Thy strength, O Lord; and in Thy salvation how
greatly shall he rejoice._
THE FEELINGS OF THE GOOD IN RELATION TO THE SUBJUGATION OF EVIL
Take the literal view of this Psalm a...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 21:8 When the king (YOU) lives by the Davidic
ideal, God takes hostility against the king as hostility against
himself. Thus the godly king is the tool of God’s WRATH....
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INTRODUCTION
“The prayer which the Church offers up at the conclusion of the
preceding psalm now issues in a hymn of praise, the result of a
believing view of the glory which is to follow, when Messia...
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EXPOSITION
Psalms 21:1 is generally regarded as a companion composition to Psalms
20:1, being the thanksgiving after the victory for which the preceding
psalm was the supplication. It consists of thr...
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Again, to the chief musician, the psalm of David.
The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how
greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and
you have n...
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Job 16:12; Job 16:13; Job 7:20; Lamentations 3:12; Psalms 18:14;...