_THE KING SHALL JOY IN THY STRENGTH, O LORD; AND IN THY SALVATION HOW GREATLY SHALL HE REJOICE!_ This 21st forms a pair with the 20th Psalm. The blessings there prayed for "in the day of trouble" are here triumphantly acknowledged as already granted. These bright anticipations are based on God's pro... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST GIVEN HIM HIS HEART'S DESIRE, AND HAST NOT WITHHOLDEN THE REQUEST OF HIS LIPS. SELAH._ Heart's desire ... request ... lips. The silent desire of the heart and the spoken request of the lips stand here in contrast. The heart must prompt the prayer of the lips, if prayer is to be effectual... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU PREVENTEST HIM WITH THE BLESSINGS OF GOODNESS: THOU SETTEST A CROWN OF PURE GOLD ON HIS HEAD._ Thou preventest - surprisest him with blessings even exceeding his request (cf. 2 Samuel 7:18). SETTEST A CROWN. God's promise of the everlasting continuance of the kingdom to David's seed was... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE ASKED LIFE OF THEE, AND THOU GAVEST IT HIM, EVEN LENGTH OF DAYS FOR EVER AND EVER._ Life of thee ... for ever and ever - in the person of his seed (cf. 2 Samuel 7:13; also 16; Psalms 89:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
_HIS GLORY IS GREAT IN THY SALVATION: HONOUR AND MAJESTY HAST THOU LAID UPON HIM._ His glory - i:e., through the saving deliverance which thou dost vouchsafe to him. "Thy salvation" is the element IN which His glory is great. HIS GLORY ... HONOUR. The very terms used in Hebrews 2:9 respecting Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU HAST MADE HIM MOST BLESSED FOR EVER: THOU HAST MADE HIM EXCEEDING GLAD WITH THY COUNTENANCE._ For ... most blessed for ever - Hebrew, 'thou settest him for blessings forever.' The plural implies the rich fullness of the blessings of which David and his seed should be the center (Genesis 1... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE KING TRUSTETH IN THE LORD, AND THROUGH THE MERCY OF THE MOST HIGH HE SHALL NOT BE MOVED._ This verse, which speaks both of the King and of THE LORD, forms the transition from the address to God to the address to the king. FOR THE KING TRUSTETH IN THE LORD. The ground of the confident ant... [ Continue Reading ]
_THINE HAND SHALL FIND OUT ALL THINE ENEMIES: THY RIGHT HAND SHALL FIND OUT THOSE THAT HATE THEE._ Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies. The people here in faith declare to the king the sure triumph which shall be his over all foes of his kingdom, because of God's promise, (2 Samuel 7:1.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ A fiery oven - burning with the heat of thy wrath at the day of the Lord, which "shall burn as an oven" (Malachi 4:1). IN THE TIME OF THINE ANGER - liter... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEIR FRUIT SHALT THOU DESTROY FROM THE EARTH, AND THEIR SEED FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF MEN._ Their fruit ... and their seed - "fruit" - i:e., progeny (Psalms 127:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THEY INTENDED EVIL AGAINST THEE: THEY IMAGINED A MISCHIEVOUS DEVICE, WHICH THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM._ Intended evil - against Israel's king. Literally, They inclined, or bent evil upon thee, to throw it down on thee. NOT ABLE - nay, their designs recoil on themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE SHALT THOU MAKE THEM TURN THEIR BACK, WHEN THOU SHALT MAKE READY THINE ARROWS UPON THY STRINGS AGAINST THE FACE OF THEM._ Turn their back - literally, 'thou shalt set them for shoulder;' i:e., make them to turn their back. The Hebrew х_ SHEKEM_ (H7926)] means, 'the back part of both shou... [ Continue Reading ]
_BE THOU EXALTED, LORD, IN THINE OWN STRENGTH: SO WILL WE SING AND PRAISE THY POWER._ Concluding prayer and consequent thanksgiving. BE THOU EXALTED - Let thyself be seen raised with thine own strength for the deliverance of us, thy people, and our king. SING AND PRAISE. Thereby thou wilt give... [ Continue Reading ]