Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 21:8
Thine. — The psalm has hitherto been addressed to Jehovah. It now turns in prophetic strain to the king.
Thine. — The psalm has hitherto been addressed to Jehovah. It now turns in prophetic strain to the king.
Verse Psalms 21:8. _THINE HAND SHALL FIND OUT_] Thy uncontrollable _power_ shall find out all thine enemies, wheresoever _hidden_ or howsoever _secret_. God knows the secret sinner, and where the work...
THINE HAND SHALL FIND OUT - That is, Thou wilt find out - the hand being that by which we execute our purposes. This verse commences a new division of the psalm (see the introduction) - in which the p...
Psalms 21 The King's Glory Anticipated and Contemplated _ 1. The King's power, glory and salvation (Psalms 21:1)_ 2. His victory over the enemies (Psalms 21:7)...
XXI. A THANKSGIVING FOR ROYAL VICTORY. The indications of date are the same as in Psalms 20, though the tone is less religious. PSALMS 21:4_ B_. For the hyperbole _cf._ 1 Kings 1:31; Psalms 61:7 f....
_shall find out_ Reach them and get them into thy power (1 Samuel 23:17)....
The king, who must be supposed to be present, is now addressed. This victory is an earnest of future victories. The total destruction of all his enemies is confidently anticipated....
THINE HAND SHALL FIND OUT ALL THINE ENEMIES— Thus Psalms 2:9. _Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron,_ &c. The menaces that are described in this and the following verses particularly relate to th...
PSALMS 21 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Thanks for the King's Victory, and Confidence of Further Triumphs. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 21:1-6, Recent Victory with Joy Acknowledged, Psalms 21:1-2; traced back to...
_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 t...
The title and authorship have been discussed under Psalms 20, to which this forms a sequel. Its contents include a thanksgiving to God for His blessings to the king (Psalms 21:1), an address to the ki...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_[Psalms 21:9]_ תִּמְצָ֣א יָ֭דְךָ לְ כָל ־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ...
Psalms 21:1 This psalm is a pendant to the preceding. There the people prayed for the king; here they give thanks for him: there they asked that his desires might be fulfilled; here they bless Jehovah...
REJOICING IN THE STRENGTH OF JEHOVAH Psalms 21:1 This is a companion to the psalm preceding. The blessings there asked for are here gladly acknowledged to have been granted; and bright anticipations...
The battle is over, the victory is won, and the assembled people sing the song of victory. This song, while it celebrates one victory, runs beyond it and praises Jehovah for all He has done for the ki...
(e) Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. (e) Here he describes the power of Christ's kingdom against the enemies of it....
All. This often denotes only the greatest number. (St. Jerome) --- For surely the blessed Virgin, and some others, must be excepted. (Haydock) --- But almost all joined in persecuting Christ, (Worthin...
I do not interrupt the reading of these verses, that I may not swell the Commentary unnecessarily: they all refer to one and the same thing. The King Mediator having, by his own personal victories, es...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
8._Thy hand shall find. _Hitherto the internal happiness of the kingdom has been described. Now there follows, as it was necessary there should, the celebration of its invincible strength against its...
In Psalms 21 we get the full answer to Psalms 20 and its desires, in the exaltation of Christ, throwing its light back on the true character of that psalm. The king rejoices in Jehovah's strength and...
THINE HAND SHALL FIND OUT ALL THINE ENEMIES,.... The Jews, that would not have him to reign over them, who crucified him and persecuted his apostles; the Gentiles, who were also concerned in his death...
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Ver. 8. _Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies_] Thine, because ours; for thou art in a league w...
_Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies_ When they seek to hide themselves, or flee away from thee, thy hand shall discover, overtake, and destroy them. _Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven_ Hebre...
THE CONFIDENCE OF FINAL TRIUMPH...
Thine hand shall find out all Thine enemies, the psalmist's hopeful statement now becoming a definite prophecy concerning the final revenge of Jehovah; THY RIGHT HAND SHALL FIND OUT THOSE THAT HATE TH...
7-13 The psalmist teaches to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer upon what God would further do. The success with which God blessed David, was a type of the total overthrow of all Christ's...
When they seek to hide themselves or flee away from thee, shall discover, and overtake, and destroy them. Or, _shall be sufficient_ (as this verb sometimes signifies, as NUMBERS 11:22 JUDGES 21:14) _f...
Psalms 21:8 hand H3027 find H4672 (H8799) enemies H341 (H8802) hand H3225 find H4672 (H8799) hate...
ATTENTION NOW TURNS TO THE KING DECLARING HIS REWARD AND HIS SUCCESS BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YHWH (PSALMS 21:8). Psalms 21:8 Your hand will find out all your enemies, Your right hand will find out tho...
Psalms 21:1. _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...
Psalms 21:1. _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. Se...
CONTENTS: Praise for blessing and confidence for further victory. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Let praise be the blossom of prayer. Though we cannot sing a note in honor of our own strength,...
Psalms 21:1. _The king shall joy._ The Targum here, and in other places, expressly names, “The King Messiah.” Psalms 21:3. _A crown of pure gold._ Here again, as in Psalms 19:10, the LXX read, and the...
_The king shall Joy in Thy strength, O Lord; and in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice._ THE FEELINGS OF THE GOOD IN RELATION TO THE SUBJUGATION OF EVIL Take the literal view of this Psalm a...
_Thine hand shall find out all Thine enemies._ THE EXPOSURE AND PUNISHMENT OF SIN I. The exposure of sin is inevitable. Iniquity delights in cunning, and is itself a masterpiece of cunning. It may su...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 21:8 When the king (YOU) lives by the Davidic ideal, God takes hostility against the king as hostility against himself. Thus the godly king is the tool of God’s WRATH....
INTRODUCTION “The prayer which the Church offers up at the conclusion of the preceding psalm now issues in a hymn of praise, the result of a believing view of the glory which is to follow, when Messia...
EXPOSITION Psalms 21:1 is generally regarded as a companion composition to Psalms 20:1, being the thanksgiving after the victory for which the preceding psalm was the supplication. It consists of thr...
Again, to the chief musician, the psalm of David. 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 you have n...
1 Corinthians 15:25; 1 Samuel 25:29; 1 Samuel 31:3; 2 Samuel 7:1;...