John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:6
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 blessings for ever" F26 תשיתהו ברכות "posuisti vel pones eum benedictiones", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; so Ainsworth, Cocceius, Gejerus. ; which design the blessings which are laid up in Christ for his people, and which he imparts unto, them, and they are blessed with in him; so... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 21:1-6
David here speaks for himself in the first place, professing that his joy was in God's strength and in his salvation, and not in the strength or success of his armies. He also directs his subjects herein to rejoice with him, and to give God all the glory of the victories he had obtained; and all with an eye to Christ, of whose triumphs over the powers of darkness David's victories were but shadows. 1. They here congratulate the king on his joys and concur with him in them Ps. 21:1: ?The king... read more