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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Psalms 21:13

(i) Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.

(i) Maintain your Church against your adversaries that we may have ample opportunity to praise your Name.

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See also Psalms 21:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 21:13. _BE THOU EXALTED_] _Exalt thyself, O Lord _- thy creatures cannot exalt thee. _Lift thyself up_, and discomfit thy foes by thine own strength! Thou canst give a victory to thy peo...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BE THOU EXALTED, LORD, IN THINE OWN STRENGTH - This is the concluding part of the psalm (see the introduction), expressing a desire that God “might” be exalted over all his foes; or that his own stren...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. UPON . relating to. AIJELETH SHAHAR . the Day-dawn: David's Coronation, 953BC. Looking forward to the Day-dawn of Messiah's Coronation, which is the subject of the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The congregation's concluding prayer (as in Psalms 20:9), returning to the thought of Psalms 21:1. Jehovah is exalted when He manifests His strength (Psalms 7:6; Psalms

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BE THOU EXALTED, LORD, IN THINE OWN STRENGTH: SO WILL WE SING AND PRAISE THY POWER._ Concluding prayer and consequent thanksgiving. BE THOU EXALTED - Let thyself be seen raised with thine own stre...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOU. — Again the song turns to address Jehovah. SO WILL WE SING AND PRAISE. — Better, _We will both with song and lyre celebrate Thy power._...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 21:14]_ ר֣וּמָה יְהוָ֣ה בְ עֻזֶּ֑ךָ נָשִׁ֥ירָה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Calves. The insolent Jews and soldiers. --- Bulls. The more inveterate enemies, the priests and Pharisees. (St. Augustine, &c.) --- Hebrew, "strong bulls of Basan," (Protestants) a fertile country ea...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    A beautiful close to this most glorious Psalm is here, in which the Church offers up a joyful acclamation to her Sovereign Redeemer, that being now exalted in his own strength, and having gotten himse...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THANKSGIVING FOR VICTORY_ ‘Be Thou exalted, Lord, in Thine own strength; so will we sing and praise The power.’ Psalms 21:13 This psalm follows naturally on the preceding. In the former, prayer had...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._Raise thyself, O Jehovah! _The psalm is at length concluded with a prayer, which again confirms that the kingdom which is spoken of is so connected with the glory of God, that his power is reflect...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BE THOU EXALTED, LORD, IN THINE OWN STRENGTH,.... Exert thy strength, display thy power in such manner, that thou mayest be exalted and magnified on account of it. This was fulfilled at the destructio...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 Ezr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CONFIDENCE OF FINAL TRIUMPH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Be Thou exalted, Lord, in Thine own strength, with the glory which rightly belonged to Him for this mighty deliverance; SO WILL WE SING AND PRAISE THY POWER. Thus the believers ever acknowledge and pr...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN THINE OWN STRENGTH; by thy own power, or by the manifestation thereof, whereby thou wilt have the whole glory of the work....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 21:13 exalted H7311 (H8798) LORD H3068 strength H5797 sing H7891 (H8799) praise H2167 (H8762) power...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A FINAL CRY IS NOW MADE DIRECTLY TO YHWH (PSALMS 21:13). Psalms 21:13 ‘Be exalted, O YHWH, in your strength, So will we sing and praise your power.' And their final plea is that YHWH might be exalt...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 21:13 As in Psalms 18:46, the Lord is EXALTED when he shows his power by making the faithful king successful....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 29:11; Job 9:19; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 6:13; Psalms 113:5

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Exalted — By thy own power, or by the manifestation thereof....

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