Psalms 21:1
+ 21:1 Matt 27:46 O God, my God, attend to me: why have you forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 20:5His glory is great in your salvation: you will crown him with glory and majesty. 1
Psalms 28:7There is a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire. 1
Psalms 62:7For you have been my helper, and in the shelter of your wings will I rejoice. 1
Psalms 71:17Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure + 71:17 Gr. before. longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. 1
Psalms 99:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with hymns; give thanks to him, praise his name. 1
Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: + 9:6 Alex. + Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty One, Potentate, Prince of Peace, Father of the age to come; Compare Heb 2:2. for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 21:1
As the foregoing psalm was a prayer for the king that God would protect and prosper him, so this is a thanksgiving for the success God had blessed him with. Those whom we have prayed for we ought to give thanks for, and particularly for kings, in whose prosperity we share. They are here taught, I. To congratulate him on his victories, and the honour he had achieved, ver. 1-6 . II. To confide in the power of God for the completing of the ruin of the enemies of his kingdom, ver. 7-13 . In this there is an eye to… Read the whole commentary →