Psalms 21:1 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 21:1

O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

KJV

The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

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Commentary

2 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 21:2 (339)

I think that these words had been prophesied by those who had spoken long before David. Since David had learned from the lofty oracles that those words were looking not only at the strength of his own salvation but also that which was going to come forth from his seed, concerning which he said he would rejoice and praise with enthusiasm. Having been assured of those things and the enemies having been thoroughly subjugated with mighty power, to you, God, the author of the victory, he grants the prize of his victory.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

"The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord." Jesus is a Royal Personage. The question, "Art thou a King then?" received a full answer from the Saviour's lips: "Thou sayest that I am a King. To this end was I born, and for this purpose came I into the world, that I might bear witness unto the truth." He is not merely a King, but the King; King over minds and hearts, reigning with a dominion of love, before which all other rule is but mere brute force.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְֽהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּעָזְּךָ֥	be.'a.ze.Kha	in strength your	H5797 →
יִשְׂמַח־	yis.mach-	he rejoices	H8055 →
מֶ֑לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king	H4428 →
וּ֝בִישׁ֥וּעָתְךָ֗	u.vi.Shu.'a.te.kha	and in deliverance your	H3444 →
מַה־	mah-	how!	H4100 →
יָּ֥גֶל	Ya.geil	he exults	H1523 →
מְאֹֽד׃	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
leads to
- Micah 7:7
  But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 1 Peter 2:23–24
  When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- Hebrews 1:3
  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
- Philippians 1:6
  being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Through
Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
leads to
- Psalms 30:11–12
  You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
- Psalms 56:3–4
  When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
Through
Psalms 62:7
My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
leads to
- Psalms 3:3
  But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms