Notes on Psalm 21. These Notes Are From The Companion Bible.    Title.  °A Psalm °of David.    A Psalm. See Appendix 65.XVII.    of = pertaining or relating to. Psalm 21:1    1.  The King shall joy in Thy °strength, O °LORD; And in Thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!    strength = prevailing strength. Hebrew 'araz, as in verse 13. Strengthen = sustain, or support. Hebrew sa'ad. Strength = might (inherent). Hebrew gabar. Compare Appendix 14. IV.    LORD. Hebrew Jehovah. Appendix 4. II. Psalm 21:2    2.  Thou hast given him his °heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. °Selah.    heart's desire. Compare 20:4. 37:4.    Selah. See Appendix 66. II. Here connecting the reason (Verse 3) of the answer (verse 2) with the prayer of 20:4; which, by Selah of 20:3, had been connected with the reason given there : that is to say, atonement. Psalm 21:3    3.  For Thou °preventest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a °crown of pure gold on his head.    preventest = comest to meet. Compare "settest" in verse 3.    crown. See Revelation 14:4, and compare Matthew 8:20. Psalm 21:4    4.  He asked °life of Thee, and Thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.    life: that is to say, resurrection life. Compare Isaiah 53:10. Hebrews 2:10 - 18; 5:7. Psalm 21:5    5.  His glory is great in Thy salvation : °Honour and majesty hast Thou laid upon him.    Honour, etc. Compare Revelation 5:13 Psalm 21:6    6.  For Thou hast made him most °blessed for ever: Thou hast made him exceeding glad with Thy countenance.    blessed. Compare Revelation 5:13. Psalm 21:7    7.  For the King °trusteth in °the LORD, And through the °mercy of the °MOST HIGH he shall not be moved.    trusteth = confideth. Hebrew batah. Appendix 69. I.    the LORD. Hebrew Jehovah. Appendix 4. II.    mercy = lovingkindness, or grace.    MOST HIGH. Hebrew Elyon. Appendix 4. VI. Psalm 21:8    8.  Thine hand shall find out all Thine enemies: Thy right hand shall find out those that hate Thee. Psalm 21:9    9.  Thou shalt °make them as a fiery oven in the time of Thine °anger: °The LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire shall devour them.    make them = place them as [in] a furnace of fire.    anger. Hebrew face is put by Figure of Speech, Metonymy (of Subject), Appendix 6, for anger manifested by it.    the LORD. Hebrew Jehovah. Appendix 4. II. Psalm 21:10    10.  Their fruit shalt Thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the °children of °men.    children = sons.    men Hebrew 'adam. Appendix 14. I. Psalm 21:11    11.  For they intended °evil against Thee: They imagined a mischievous device, which they °are not able to perform.    evil. Hebrew ra'a'. Appendix 44. viii.    are not able to perform = could not accomplish. Psalm 21:12    12  Therfore shalt Thou make them turn their back, When Thou shalt make ready Thine arrows upon Thy °strings against the face of them.    strings = bow-strings. Psalm 21:13    13.  Be Thou exalted, °LORD, in Thine own °strength: So will we sing and praise Thy power.    °To the chief Musician, °upon °Aijeleth Shahar.    LORD. Hebrew Jehovah. Appendix 4. II.    strength = prevailing strength. Hebrew 'araz, as in verse 1. Strengthen = sustain, or support. Hebrew sa'ad. Strength = might (inherent). Hebrew gabar. Compare Appendix 14. IV.    To the chief Musician. See Appendix 64.    upon = relating to.    Aijeleth Shahar = the Day-dawn : David's Coronation, 953 B.C. Looking forward to the Day-dawn of Messiah's Coronation, which is the subject of the twenty-first Psalm, not of Psalm 22. Compare 2Samuel 23:4; 2 Peter 1:19 only here, dawn Greek diaugazo, and Appendix 65 I. Compare 139:9.