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Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:1

The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord ,.... Either in that strength which is in Jehovah himself, in whom is everlasting strength; and which is seen in the works of creation and providence, and is the same in Christ himself, as he is the mighty God; or else in the strength which Jehovah communicated to Christ as man, whereby he was strengthened in his human nature to go through and complete the work of man's redemption; or in the strength which the Lord puts forth, and the power which he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:2

Thou hast given him his heart's desire ,.... Which the church had prayed for in Psalm 20:4 ; whatever Christ's heart desired, or his lips requested, has been given him; and hast not withholden the request of his lips . Whatever he asked in the council and covenant of peace was granted; he asked for all the elect, as his spouse and bride; these were the desire of his heart and eyes, and they were given him; he asked for all the blessings of grace for them, and all grace was given to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:3

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness ,.... Not temporal, but spiritual blessings, which spring from the grace and goodness of God, and consist of it; and relate to the spiritual and eternal welfare of those for whose sake he receives them, and who are blessed with them in him: his being "prevented" with them denotes the freeness of the donation of them; that before he could well ask for them, or before he had done requesting them, they were given him; and also the earliness... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:4

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him ,.... Both for himself, as man, when he was about to die, that he might be raised to life again, which was granted him; and for his people, that they might live spiritually and eternally, and accordingly life is given to him for them; and he has power to give it to as many as the Father has given him, John 17:2 ; even length of days for ever and ever ; the life he has for himself as man is what will ever continue; he will die no more,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 21:5

His glory is great in thy salvation ,.... That is, the glory of the King Messiah is great in the Lord's salvation of him; delivering him from all his troubles and sorrows, and out of the hands of all his enemies, when he was raised from the dead, and was set at the right hand of God, and crowned with glory and honour: or the sense is, that his glory is great in the salvation of his people by him; it was his glory as Mediator to be appointed to be the Lord's salvation to them; and it being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 21:1

The king shall joy - משיחא מלך melech Meshicha , "the King Messiah." - Targum. What a difference between ancient and modern heroes! The former acknowledged all to be of God, because they took care to have their quarrel rightly founded; the latter sing a Te Deum, pro forma, because they well know that their battle is not of the Lord. Their own vicious conduct sufficiently proves that they looked no higher than the arm of human strength. God suffers such for a time, but in the end he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 21:2

Thou hast given him his heart's desire - This seems to refer to the prayers offered in the preceding Psalm; see especially Psalm 21:1-4 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 21:3

Thou preventest him - To prevent, from prcevenio, literally signifies to go before. Hence that prayer in the communion service of our public Liturgy, "Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favor!" That is, "Go before us in thy mercy, make our way plain, and enable us to perform what is right in thy sight!" And this sense of prevent is a literal version of the original word תקדמנו tekademennu . "For thou shalt go before him with the blessings of goodness." Our... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 21:4

He asked life of thee - This verse has caused some interpreters to understand the Psalm of Hezekiah's sickness, recovery, and the promised addition to his life of fifteen years; but it may be more literally understood of the Messiah, of whom David was the type, and in several respects the representative. read more

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