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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Psalms 21:1 — KJV
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Psalms 21:1
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Psalms 21:1
Theological / DevotionalThe king. Verses 1–7 express the gratitude of the congregation for the victory God has given the king. It is always becoming to make public recognition of answered prayer.
The king is probably David. Here the expression ledawid, “by David,” or “for David” (see p. 616), should probably be translated “concerning David.”
In thy strength. The chariots and horses were powerless against God’s strength (see Ps. 20:7). The reversing of the order of ideas in the parallelism is a favorite rhetorical device: “joy … strength”; “salvation … rejoice.” God’s salvation had previously been anticipated (Ps. 20:5, 6, 9). Now it is realized. Ancient Jewish tradition regarded the psalm as Messianic, as is shown by the free translation of the Targum: “O Lord, in thy strength king Messiah shall rejoice.”
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