Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 21:12
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.
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.
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...
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...
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)...
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....
STRINGS. bow-strings....
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....
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....
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
_(_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...
_[Psalms 21:13]_ כִּ֭י תְּשִׁיתֵ֣מֹו שֶׁ֑כֶם בְּ֝ מֵֽיתָרֶ֗יךָ...
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...
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...
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...
_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)...
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...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
THE CONFIDENCE OF FINAL TRIUMPH...
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...
SHALT THOU MAKE THEM TURN: Or, thou shalt set them as a butte BACK: _ Heb._ shoulder...
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...
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...
Psalms 21:12 make H7896 (H8799) back H7926 ready H3559 (H8787) string H4340 faces H6440 Therefore -...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Job 16:12; Job 16:13; Job 7:20; Lamentations 3:12; Psalms 18:14;...