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<p id="Chapter21" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>PSALM 21
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<p id="Ps21_1"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',21,'1-13');">Psa 21:1-13</a>.
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<p>The pious are led the Psalmist to God's favor to the king in the already conferred and in prospective victories. The doxology added may relate to both Psalms; the preceding of petition, chiefly this of thanksgiving, ascribing honor to God for His display of grace and power to His
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Church in all ages, not only under David, but also under his last greatest successor, "the King of the Jews."
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<p><b>1. thy strength...thy salvation</b>—as supplied by Thee.
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<p id="Ps21_2"><b>2.</b> The sentiment affirmed in the first clause is reaffirmed by the negation of its opposite in the second.
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<p id="Ps21_3"><b>3. preventest</b>—literally, "to meet here in good sense," or "friendship" (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',59,10);">Psa 59:10</a>; compare opposite, <a onclick="return mV('Psa',17,13);">Psa 17:13</a>).
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<br><br><b>blessings of goodness</b>—which confer happiness.
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<br><br><b>crown of pure gold</b>—a figure for the highest royal prosperity.
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<p id="Ps21_4"><b>4-6.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('2Sa',7,'13-16');">2Sa 7:13-16</a>). The glory and blessedness of the king as head of his line, including Christ, as well as in being God's specially selected servant, exceeded that of all others.
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<p id="Ps21_6"><b>6. made him most blessed</b>—or set him "to be blessings," as Abraham (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',12,2);">Gen 12:2</a>).
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<br><br><b>with thy countenance</b>—by sight of thee (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',16,11);">Psa 16:11</a>), or by Thy favor expressed by the light of Thy countenance (<a onclick="return mV('Num',6,25);">Num 6:25</a>), or both.
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<p id="Ps21_7"><b>7.</b> The mediate cause is the king's faith, the efficient, God's mercy.
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<p id="Ps21_8"><b>8.</b> The address is now made to the king.
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<br><br><b>hand</b>—denotes power, and
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<br><br><b>right hand</b>—a more active and efficient degree of its exercise.
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<br><br><b>find out</b>—reach, lay hold of, indicating success in pursuit of his enemies.
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<p id="Ps21_9"><b>9.</b> The king is only God's agent.
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<br><br><b>anger</b>—literally, "face," as appearing against them.
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<br><br><b>as a fiery oven</b>—as in it.
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<p id="Ps21_10"><b>10. fruit</b>—children (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',37,25);">Psa 37:25</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Hsa',9,16);">Hsa 9:16</a>).
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<p id="Ps21_11"><b>11.</b> This terrible overthrow, reaching to posterity, is due to their crimes (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',20,5,6);">Exd 20:5-6</a>).
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<p id="Ps21_12"><b>12. turn their back</b>—literally, "place them [as to the] shoulder."
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<br><br><b>against the face of them</b>—The shooting against their faces would cause them to turn their backs in flight.
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<p id="Ps21_13"><b>13.</b> The glory of all is ascribable to God alone.
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