1The king shall have joy in Your strength,
O Lord; And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2You have given him his heart’s desire,
And have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
3For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold
upon his head.
4He asked life from You, and You gave it to him—
Length of days forever and
ever.
5His glory is great in Your salvation;
Honor and majesty
You have placed upon him.
6For You have made him most blessed forever;
You have made him exceedingly
glad with Your presence.
7For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the mercy of the
Most High he shall not be moved.
8Your hand will find all Your enemies;
Your right hand will find
those who hate You.
9You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger;
The Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath,
And the fire shall devour
them.
10Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from
among the sons of men.
11For they intended evil against You;
They devised a plot which they
are not able to perform.
12Therefore You will make them turn their back;
You will make ready Your
arrows on Your string toward their faces.
13Be exalted, O Lord, in Your
own strength!
We will sing and praise Your
power.
Commentary
Vs.
1
“The king shall have joy in Your strength,
O Lord; And in Your
salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!”
Psalm 21 in many ways seems to be the fulfilment, or the answered prayer of Psalm 20. Thus, it begins with the king’s celebration, greatly celebrating the Lord’s own deliverance and salvation, not only of his own person, but also of everyone who also trusts in Him. If then you see parallel truths about king David and The King Jesus Christ rejoice because God has opened your own eyes to see that in David’s own words and rejoicing, we likewise have the foretelling of His Sons own Victory, Praise, and Rejoicing!
Vs. 2 “You have given him his heart’s desire,
And have not withheld the
request of his lips. Selah”
The cause then of his rejoicing is that God answered his prayer, that He gave him the desire of his heart, (which was not an evil desire, nor a selfish desire, but a just and right desire), therefore God fulfilled his prayer and brought it all about!
Vs. 3 “For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold
upon his head.”
Therefore, in answering his prayer God went far beyond even what he expected, for He came to him with blessings of goodness, that is He has made him to not only triumph over all his enemies, but He has also made him to prosper greatly. And in showing all that He Himself had done this, He Himself set a crown of pure gold upon his head! God then just doesn’t bless; He also established the ones whom He has blessed!
Vs. 4 “He asked life from You, and You gave it to him—
Length of days forever and
ever.”
Though the immediate context is of David, clearly this verse foretells of the Lord Jesus Christ’s own Resurrection Life!
Vs. 5 “His glory is great in Your salvation;
Honor and majesty
You have placed upon him.”
Mans “glory” is nothing apart from God, for it is just a temporary glory through his own self-exaltation, or an exaltation by this godless world of him, all which soon goes away and is forgotten. However, when God places His glory on us through His Son’s salvation, we have a glory in us that does not fade away nor is it forgotten! Therefore, David knowing this, that God’s glory is great in His Sons salvation, rejoices for the honor and majesty that He has placed upon Him/him.
Vs. 6 “For You have made him most blessed forever;
You have made him exceedingly
glad with Your presence.”
David here then is speaking prophetically not just of himself, but far more importantly of God’s Son Jesus Christ who has received all of the Fathers Highest and Most Richest Blessings and Honor and Glory! Therefore, he is exceeding glad with His Presence, as are we!
Vs. 7 “For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the mercy of the
Most High he shall not be moved.”
Therefore, the king, our King, trusts in the Lord! For it was through the mercies of the Most High that he/He received His Help so that now he/He shall not be moved; even forever and ever from His exalted place.
Vs. 8-12 8Your hand will find all Your enemies;
Your right hand will find those
who hate You.
9You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger;
The Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath,
And the fire shall devour
them.
10Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from
among the sons of men.
11For they intended evil against You;
They devised a plot which they
are not able to perform.
12Therefore You will make them turn their back;
You will make ready Your
arrows on Your string toward their faces.
Having obtained the Victory through the Lord, verses eight to twelve go on to describe the coming wrath and vengeance of the Lord Jesus Christ against all of His enemies. In His first visitation the Lord Jesus Christ came as the gentle Lamb of God to be slain for the sins of many. But now in His Second Coming Jesus Christ comes on a white horse with His robe dipped in blood to execute the fierce wrath of Almighty God (see Rev. 19:11-21). On that Day none of His enemies shall escape, and those who hate him will all be burned in the fire of His everlasting wrath (vs. 8-9). Even their offspring shall bear His vengeance, for they and their descendants who intended evil against Him shall be destroyed forever from among the sons of men (vs. 10-11) for God is not overcome, nor are His plans overthrown by man. For if Satan himself failed and continually fails in this, how much more than those who are his. Therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ will make them all turn their backs on His Day, even though they are now growing more and more emboldened to make war with Him, they will all retreat in terror when He draws His bow and aims His arrows toward their faces!
Vs. 13 “Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength!
We will sing and praise Your
power.”
The Lord then will be exalted in His own strength, and all of us who have escaped the wrath to come will sing and praise His power forever!
Scripture Quotations
New King James (1982):Thomas Nelson.
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