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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 21:1-13

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 Messiah’s sufferings are ended. This is one of the beautiful songs of which we find many in Scripture, prepared by the Holy Spirit to awaken and enliven the hopes and expectations of the Church while she waits for the Lord, and to give utterance to her joy at the time of His arrival. The theme is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:1-13

Psalms 21:1-13 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 not withheld the requests of his lips ( Psalms 21:1-2 ).Now the Selah indicates, really, sort of a change of thought. It sort of introduces a new idea. It is just sort of a rest, and then introducing of a new idea, new thought pattern.For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness:... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 21:1-13

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 they are followed by the Latin versions, A crown of precious stones. The gems were inconceivably more valuable than the gold. Psalms 21:12 . Turn their backs thine arrows against their faces. The Latin, ut clibanus, “as an oven,” alluding to the anger of God, reconciles the opposite... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 21:1-13

Psalms 21:1-13The 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 evilTake the literal view of this Psalm as a type of the moral one against error and sin, and we have--I. Thanksgiving for victory. Verses 1-7 are a triumphant declaration of some victory. “Thou settest a crown of pure gold upon his bead.” Now--1. His conquest was a source of joy. “The king shall joy,” etc.2. His conquest was of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 21:8-9

Psalms 21:8-9Thine hand shall find out all Thine enemies.The exposure and punishment of sinI. The exposure of sin is inevitable. Iniquity delights in cunning, and is itself a masterpiece of cunning. It may succeed in deluding its victims, and for a time escape detection. But there is One to whom every detail of the plot is fully known. Sin is often its own detective. An unguarded word, a suspicious sign, an unconscious oversight, will unmask the most skilfully disguised plans, and lead to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 21:9

Psalms 21:9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of Thine anger.The deluge of fireHow, then, shall it fare with sinners when, after all, shall come that general fire so often foretold, which shall either fall from heaven or ascend out of hell, or (according to Albertus Magnus) proceed from both, and shall devour and consume all it meets with? Whither shall the miserable fly when that river of flames or (to say better) that inundation and deluge of fire shall so encompass them, as no... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 21:11

Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against Thee . . . which they are not able to perform.A memorable instance of intended evil that the wicked were not able to performAt Rome the news of this great blow (given by the massacre on St. Bartholomew’s Day) was hailed with extravagant manifestations of joy; the Pope (Gregory XII) and cardinals went in state to return thanks to heaven for this signal mercy, and medals were struck in its honour. Philip II. extolled it as one of the most memorable... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 21:9

Psa 21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Ver. 9. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven ] i.e. Thou shall lay upon them grievous and exquisite miseries, Lamentations 5:10 . He alludeth to the overthrow of Sodom, saith Vatablus. The Lord shall swallow them up ] As the fire doth the fuel. Some think the prophet here alludeth to that direful kind of punishment which David inflicted upon... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 21:10

Psa 21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. Ver. 10. Their fruit shalt thou destroy ] i.e. Their labour, and that which comes thereof, Proverbs 21:16 ; Proverbs 21:31 ; they shall toil to no purpose; the gains shall not pay for the pains, Nulla emolumenta laborum (Juven.). And their seed ] For as personal goodness is profitable to posterity; so on the contrary; as in the second commandment: they are peremptores potius quam... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 21:11

Psa 21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. Ver. 11. For they intended evil against thee ] Because against thy people. He that wrongeth a subject is arraigned for injury done to the king, his crown and dignity. And as a certain gentleman of Normandy was executed for but intending only to kill Francis II, king of France, which he told to a priest, sub sigillo confessionis, not thinking ever to hear further of it... read more

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