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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 21 To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. This psalm was either written by David; and therefore called a "psalm of David"; or it was written, as it may be rendered, "for David", by some other person, on account of his victories and triumphs; or rather "concerning David" (s); that is, concerning the Messiah, the son of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
As the foregoing psalm was a prayer for the king that God would protect and prosper him, so this is a thanksgiving for the success God had blessed him with. Those whom we have prayed for we ought to give thanks for, and particularly for kings, in whose prosperity we share. They are here taught, I. To congratulate him on his victories, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. God gave to Jesus the strength needed to accomplish the work which he came to do, and he is daily giving him to see of the travail of his soul that he may be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! See how greatly Christ rejoices, how full his heart is of gladness as he sees God’s power put forth, and God’s salvation accomplished among men.
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord. Jesus is a Royal Personage. The question, "Art thou a King then?" received a full answer from the Saviour's lips: "Thou sayest that I am a King. To this end was I born, and for this purpose came I into the world, that I might bear witness unto the truth." He is not merely a King, but the King;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou hast given him his heart's desire,.... Which the church had prayed for in Psalms 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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast, not with holden the request of his lips. Selah. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: That is to say, “Thou goest before him,” as you have seen, in pictures, some great conqueror preceded by those who strewn his path with roses, so has God strewn the pathway of Christ with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: They go before him, like scouts or forerunners. Wherever Jesus comes, the blessings of goodness fly before him to the sons of men. Psa_21:3. Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. Let us crown him afresh tonight with our poor garlands of praise, while God sets a crown of pure gold...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. Is he not of royal race? Has he not achieved a mighty conquest? Is he not King of kings and Lord of lords?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. And because he lives, we shall live also; the Father hath given to him to have life in himself, and hence he communicates of that life to us who believe in him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. “Thou gavest him a resurrection from the dead as our Mediator, and as such he lives.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. Heaped it on him. There is no one so worthy of honour as our Lord Jesus is; none are so majestic as the Man of sorrows who once bowed his head to death on his people’s behalf.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His glory is great in thy salvation: It is the distinguishing mark of God’s salvation that Christ’s glory is great in it. In the beginning, and the middle, and the end of it, everywhere you see the name of Jesus written large in letters of light. In his salvation, the Father has glorified his Son.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: That very hand that was nailed to the tree shall find out all...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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" (z); which design the blessings which are laid up in Christ for his people, and which he imparts unto, them, and they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. The Father rewards him for all his service: “Thou hast made him most blessed for ever.” We cannot imagine how great is the joy of Christ as his Father smiles upon him: “Thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.”