Psalms 21:8

_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.)...

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 enemies. What is said in this verse is of the same import as if the king had been pronounced victorious over all his enemies. I have just now remarked, that such a statement is not superfluous; for it would not have been enough for the kingdom to have flourished internally, and to have been replenished with peace, riches, and abundance of all good things, had it not also been well fortified against the attacks of foreign enemies. This particularly applies to the kingdom of Christ, which is never without enemies in this world. True, it is not always assailed by open war, and there is sometimes granted to it a period of respite; but the ministers of Satan never lay aside their malice and desir...

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 enemies. Those who might have had Christ to rule and save them, but rejected him and fought against him, shall find the remembrance of it a worm that dies not. God makes sinners willing by his grace, receives them to his favour, and delivers them from the wrath to come. May he exalt himself, by his all-powerful grace, in our hearts, destroying all the strong-holds of sin and Satan. How great should be our joy and praise to behold our Brother and Friend upon the throne, and for all the blessings we may expect from him! yet he delights in his exalted state, as enabling him to confer happiness and glory on poor sinners, who are taught to love and trust in him...

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 workers of iniquity hide themselves....

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 psalmist looks forward to the complete and final triumph of God over “all” his enemies. He looks to this in connection with what God had done for him. He infers that he who had enabled him to achieve such signal conquests over his own foes and the foes of God would not withdraw his interposition until he had secured a complete victory for the cause of truth and holiness. In connection with the promise made to him respecting his permanent reign and the reign of his successors on the throne Psalms 21:4, he infers that God would ultimately subdue the enemies of truth, and would set up his kingdom over all. ALL THINE ENEMIES - How

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 three parts: (1) a direct thanksgiving to God, offered by the people on behalf of the king (Psalms 20:1); (2) an address to the king, auguring for him future successes on the ground of his recent victory (Psa 20:8 -12); and (3) a brief return to direct praise of God in two short ejaculatory sentences. Part 1 is interrupted by a pause ("Selah" ) at the end of Psalms 20:2

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; the Roman emperors, who persecuted the Christians, and are signified by the red dragon that waited to devour the man child when brought forth by the woman, the church, Revelation 12:3; and also the Papists, the followers of the man of sin, who oppose Christ in his offices and grace, and are the enemies of his witnesses, and of his interest; and besides these there are many professors of religion who are enemies of Christ, either doctrinally or practically; to whom may be added, the devil and his angels, and all those who are the children of him and are influenced by him: these the hand of Christ will find out sooner or later; for the words are an address to the King Messiah, who being omn

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. 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 satisfied. Psalms 21:3. _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. Psalms 21:3. _Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head._ Let us crown him afresh ton

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) Psalms 21:1. This is another Messianic Psalm in anticipation of the glory of the King. The prayers He offered up are all answered. (See Psalms 20:4) He shares the strength of Jehovah as the Risen and Exalted One. The desire of His heart is fulfilled, as it will be when the kingly crown of pure gold is set upon His head, the head which was once crowned with thorns. He had gone down

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. Psalms 21:6. in thy presence: the king dwelt hard by the Temple. Psalms 21:9. Read, perhaps, Thou as a furnace shalt destroy them, like a fire at the time when thou appearest....