Psalms 21:1-13
1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9 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.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
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Peace
Psalms 21
Gordon Churchyard
Jesus said, "We are going to Jerusalem. There they will kill the son of man. But 3 days later he will come to life again". (Matthew 20: 18,19) The son of man was a name that Jesus used for himself.Psalms 21
(This is) a psalm of David for the music leader
v1 LORD, the king is enjoying your power.
He is very happy.
You gave him help to win.
v2 - v5 You gave to him what he really wanted.
You gave to him everything that he asked for. SELAH
You met him and gave to him such good things:
• you put a *crown of the best gold on his head
• he wanted to stay alive and you let him
• his life will go on, it will never finish
• he has great glory because you gave him help to win
• you gave to him *honour and he now remains as king
v6 You will always do good things for him.
He is very happy because you are with him.
v7 The king is relying on the LORD.
Because the *Most High is loving and kind, nobody will move the king.
v8 Your hand will find all your enemies.
Your right hand will catch everybody that hates you.
v9 When they see you, you will burn them all.
When you are angry, your fire will destroy them.
v10 You will remove their children from the earth.
They will have no families anywhere.
v11 This is because they planned evil against you.
They had really bad ideas and they did not *work.
v12 You will make them turn their backs to you.
This is because you will shoot your *arrows at their faces.
v13 LORD, you are really strong. You sit on high.
We will sing and praise your power.
The story of Psalms 20 and 21
In Psalms 20, the king and his army are going to war. In verses 1-5, the people pray for them. In verses 6-8, the king says that he believes that he will win as God will give him help. Then the people will say, 'LORD, save the king'. This probably happened in Jerusalem every time that there was a war. It started with David, but other kings after him did it. In Psalms 21, the king and his army come back. They have won the war, so they thanked God. Psalms 21:8-12 is what God will do to his enemies.What Psalms 20 and 21 mean
Psalms 20:1–5: "Trouble" here means "war". "Jacob" means the "Jews". God is everywhere, in heaven and earth. The Jews prayed to him on a hill in Jerusalem. They called it Zion. Later they built their temple there. "He will make you strong from Zion", means "God will give you the help that you ask for". They also gave God their offerings on the hill Zion
Psalms 20:6–9: The right hand of God here means what God does on earth. Modern armies use guns and planes, not chariots and horses. Christians are like David: they trust in the LORD. "Move the king" (verse 7) means "make the king trust another god". Psalms 21:1–7: The king came back to Jerusalem. He had won the war. So the King and the people are happy. They can now live in peace.
Psalms 21:8–13: War is very bad for everyone. This is one picture of it. There are many more in the Bible. It says: that God will find all his enemies. He will also punish them (Punish means hurt). There is no peace for these people. People think of God as being high above them.
Something to do
You will often hear about wars. Pray about them. Ask God to give help to the people that believe in him. If both armies believe in God, ask God:• to speak to both groups
• to make peace happen
• to save people so that he does not punish them
crown ~ a special hat that a king wears
honour ~ when people see someone as great and good.
honour ~ when people think that you are important and honest
honour ~ say and do good things to someone'Most High ~ here it is a name for God
work ~ here it means to happen as they wanted
arrow ~ a very sharp stick, shot by a bow