Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 21:6
For thou hast made him most (d) blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
(d) You have made him your blessings to others, and a perpetual example of your favour forever.
For thou hast made him most (d) blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
(d) You have made him your blessings to others, and a perpetual example of your favour forever.
Verse Psalms 21:6. _THOU HAST MADE HIM MOST BLESSED FOR EVER_] Literally, "Thou hast set him for blessings for ever." Thou hast made the Messiah the _Source_ whence all blessings for time and for eter...
FOR THOU HAST MADE HIM MOST BLESSED FOR EVER - Margin, as in Hebrew, “set him” to be “blessings.” The expression in our translation, as it is now commonly understood, would mean that God had made him...
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....
BLESSED. Compare Revelation 5:13....
The people's thanksgiving for Jehovah's favour to their king....
R.V. For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence. Lit. _thou makest him blessings_, the possessor and the medium of blessing. Cp. Genesis 12:2. The victo...
DISCOURSE: 524 THE KINGDOM OF DAVID AND OF CHRIST 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, an...
THOU HAST MADE HIM MOST BLESSED FOR EVER— According to the original, _Thou hast set him to be blessings for ever; i.e._ to be the author of all felicity and blessedness to his subjects and servants. S...
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...
_FOR THOU HAST MADE HIM MOST BLESSED FOR EVER: THOU HAST MADE HIM EXCEEDING GLAD WITH THY COUNTENANCE._ For ... most blessed for ever - Hebrew, 'thou settest him for blessings forever.' The plural im...
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...
WITH THY COUNTENANCE] RV 'in thy presence.'...
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...
MOST BLESSED. — Literally, _blessings._ The idiom is similar to that in Psalms 1:1. WITH THY COUNTENANCE. — Rather, _In thy presence._ (Comp. Psalms 16:11.)...
_[Psalms 21:7]_ כִּֽי ־תְשִׁיתֵ֣הוּ בְרָכֹ֣ות לָ עַ֑ד...
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...
_Confounded. He interests his Father, by calling to mind the ancient patriarchs, (Ecclesiasticus ii. 11.; Berthier) who obtained their requests. (Worthington)_...
Language is incompetent to describe all the precious things contained in these verses. How great the Mediator's glory, in the salvation thus planned and executed by Jehovah! How great his own blessedn...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
6._For thou hast set him to be blessings for ever. _Some explain these words simply thus, That God had chosen David to be king, in order to pour upon him his blessings in rich abundance. But it is evi...
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...
FOR THOU HAST MADE HIM MOST BLESSED FOR EVER,.... Not as God, for as such he is over all blessed for ever, and not made so; but as man and Mediator; the words may be rendered, "thou hast set him to be...
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. F...
_Thou hast made him blessed for ever_ Hebrew, תשׁיתהו ברכות, _teshitheehu berachoth, Thou hast set him to be blessings for ever;_ that is, to be the author of all felicity to his subjects and servants...
For Thou hast made him most blessed forever, setting him as a blessing to mankind or to the world, a source of everlasting blessing, this fact again finding its highest fulfillment in Jesus Christ, th...
A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR VICTORY. Thanksgiving for the Great Victory. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, probably composed after his return from a victorious campaign, but certainly typify...
MADE HIM MOST BLESSED: _ Heb._ set him to be blessings MADE HIM EXCEEDING GLAD: _ Heb._ gladded him with joy...
1-6 Happy the people whose king makes God's strength his confidence, and God's salvation his joy; who is pleased with all the advancements of God kingdom, and trusts God to support him in all he does...
THOU HAST MADE HIM MOST BLESSED, Heb. _thou hast set_ (or, _made_, as this verb is used, PSALMS 40:5, PSALMS 89:42 91:9 LAMENTATIONS 3:45) him blessings; i.e. either, 1. The author or instrument of ma...
Psalms 21:6 made H7896 (H8799) blessed H1293 forever H5703 made H2302 (H8762) glad H8057 presence H6440...
PRAISE AND WORSHIP IS OFFERED TO YHWH FOR HIS GOODNESS AND FAITHFULNESS TOWARDS HIS ANOINTED (PSALMS 21:1). Psalms 21:1 ‘The king will joy in your strength, O YHWH, And in your salvation how greatl...
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...
_For Thou hast made him most blessed forever: Thou hast made him exceeding glad with Thy countenance._ EXCEEDING GLADNESS You have heard a great many sermons upon the Man of Sorrows, you cannot have...
_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 21:1 These verses are addressed to the Lord (YOU) about the king (HE), celebrating the military success prayed for in...
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...
Acts 2:28; Acts 3:26; Ephesians 1:3; Galatians 3:14; Galatians 3:9;...
Countenance — Smiling upon him, by thy grace and favour....