Psalm 21:9-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 21:7-13

The psalmist, having taught his people to look back with joy and praise on what God had done for him and them, here teaches them to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer, upon what God would further do for them: The king rejoices in God (Ps. 21:1), and therefore we will be thankful; the king trusteth in God (21:7), therefore will we be encouraged. The joy and confidence of Christ our King is the ground of all our joy and confidence. I. They are confident of the stability of David's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:9

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven ,.... Some think the allusion is to David's causing the Ammonites to pass through the brick kiln, 2 Samuel 12:31 ; others to the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah: it represents what a severe punishment shall be inflicted on the enemies of Christ; they shall be cast into a fiery oven, or furnace of fire, as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, were by the order of Nebuchadnezzar; so some render the words, "thou shalt put them into a fiery oven", כ , "as",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:10

Their fruit shall thou destroy from the earth ,.... Meaning the offspring of wicked men; the fruit of the womb, Psalm 127:3 ; the same with their seed in the next clause: and their seed from among the children of men ; see Psalm 37:28 ; which must be understood of such of their seed, and offspring as are as they were when born; are never renewed and sanctified, but are like their parents; as the Jews were, their parents were vipers, and they were serpents, the generation of them; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:11

For they intended evil against thee ,.... All evil, whether in thought or deed, if not immediately and directly, yet is ultimately against the Lord, whose law is transgressed, and who is despised and reflected upon as a lawgiver; all sin is an hostility committed against God, or against Christ, against the Lord and his Anointed, or against his people, who are all one as himself: the intention of evil is evil, and is cognizable by the Lord, and punishable by him: they imagined a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:12

Therefore shall thou make them turn their back ,.... Or flee and run away to private places, to hide themselves from the wrath of God and of the Lamb, though to no purpose; or "make them turn behind thy back": God will turn his back upon them, and be negligent and careless of them, and not regard them when they cry in their misery and destruction. Some Jewish interpreters F5 Kimchi & Ben Melech in loc. understand it of their being put together on one side, in one corner, and be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:13

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 destruction of Jerusalem, when the kingdom of God came with power, Mark 9:1 ; and will be again when Babylon shall be utterly destroyed, because the Lord is strong who judgeth her, Revelation 18:8 ; and finally at the day of judgment, when the wicked will be punished with everlasting destruction from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 21:9

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven - By thy wrath they shall be burnt up, and they shall be the means of consuming others. One class of sinners shall, in God's judgments, be the means of destroying another class; and at last themselves shall be destroyed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 21:10

Their fruit shalt thou destroy - Even their posterity shall be cut off, and thus their memorial shall perish. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 21:11

For they intended evil - Sinners shall not be permitted to do all that is in their power against the godly; much less shall they be able to perform all that they wish. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 21:12

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back - God can in a moment strike the most powerful and numerous army, even in the moment of victory, with panic; and then even the lame, the army which they had nearly routed, shall take the prey, and divide the spoil. Against the face of them - Thou shalt cause them to turn their backs and fly, as if a volley of arrows had been discharged in their faces. This seems to be the sense of this difficult verse. read more

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