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To the chief musician, a psalm of David
21
📚The king will have joy
in your strength,
O LORD, and in your salvation
how greatly he will rejoice!
21:1 Like the preceding psalm this one too was meant for singing in public worship. It is a song of joy and praise because of answered prayer. David speaks of himself in the third person because a choir or congregation would be singing these words. The psalm refers to David, but remember to look for Christ in the Psalms. Here Jesus the King surely appears, victorious, joyful, glorified, crowned, living forever.⚜
2 📚You have given him
his heart’s desire,
and have not withheld
the request of his lips. Selah
3 📚For you met him with
the blessings of
goodness.
You set a crown of pure
gold on his head.
21:3 This may refer to events in 2 Samuel (see 2 Sam 2:4; 5:3; 12:30). In a prophetic sense it refers to the Lord Jesus crowned with glory and honor (Heb 2:9).⚜
4 📚He asked life from you,
and you gave it
to him,
length of days forever
and ever.
21:4 Eternal life is not a common theme of the Old Testament as it is of the New. But the beginning of the revelation of this truth was there (Ps 16:11; 23:6; 61:6; 133:3). This verse doubtless finds its most perfect fulfillment in the Lord Jesus (Heb 5:7; Rev 1:18).⚜
5 📚His glory is great
in your salvation.
You have placed on him
honour and majesty.
21:5 By God’s grace David became a very powerful and honored king. But much greater than his victories were those of King Jesus over Satan, sin, death, and the gates of hell. And His glory and honor are far greater – John 17:1, 5; Acts 2:32-36; 3:13; Eph 1:20-23; Phil 2:9-11; Heb 12:2; Rev 3:21; 5:12; 19:16.⚜
6 📚For you have made him
most blessed forever.
You have made him
exceedingly glad
with your presence.
21:6 Whatever eternal blessings we may eventually experience they have all been gained for us by the Lord Jesus. Ps 16:11 also speaks of the joy of God’s presence.⚜
7 📚For the king trusts
in the LORD,
and through the mercy
of the Most High he will
not be shaken.
21:7 Faith is the hand that receives God’s gifts and the victory that overcomes the world – Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50; Acts 3:16; 15:9; 26:18; Rom 3:22, 25; 4:16; 5:1-2; Eph 2:8; 3:17; Heb 6:12; 11:6, 33; Jam 1:5-7; 1 John 5:4.⚜
8 📚Your hand will find
all your enemies;
your right hand shall find
those who hate you.
21:8 Heb 10:31. It is a fearful and terrible thing to be an enemy of the Lord Jesus Christ.⚜
9 📚You will make them like
a fiery furnace in the time
of your anger.
The LORD will swallow
them up in his wrath,
and the fire will devour them.
21:9 See Ps 2:12; 2 Thess 1:6-8; Rev 14:10; 19:11-16. Note at Num 25:3.⚜
10 📚You will destroy their fruit
from the earth,
and their seed from among
the children of men.
21:10 See Ps 37:28. When Christ returns He will purge the earth of all who practice evil.⚜
11 📚For they intended evil
against you.
They devised a wicked plot,
which they are not able
to carry out.
12 📚Therefore you will make them
turn their back,
when you make your arrows
ready on your string,
aimed at their faces.
13 📚Be exalted, O LORD,
in your own strength!
We will sing and praise
your power.
21:13 So let us sing our thanks to the Lord Jesus, the incarnation of Jehovah, for the victories He has accomplished for us by His might (Eph 5:19-20; Col 3:16-17).⚜