Psalms 21:3

Psa 21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Ver. 3. For thou preventest him with the blessinqs of goodness ] Not staying till he asked them of thee. He had but a thought of building thee a house and thou sentest Nathan to tell him that thou wouldest build him an everlasting house, and stablish his throne to all perpetuity, 2 Samuel 7:16 . So Isaiah 65:24 , "Before they call, I will answer," &c.

Thou settest a crown of pure gold upon his head ] Hebraei dicunt per hoc iutelligi favorem Dei, the Jewish doctors by this crown understand the favour of God; confer Psalms 103:4 . God had set a crown of lovingkindness and tender mercies upon his head by pardoning all his iniquities, as it is there; and he blesseth God for this as a far better crown than that which he took from off the head of the king of Ammon and set upon his own, 2 Samuel 12:30 .