Psalms 21:6
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For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
Commentaries
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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 (Psa 21:1-6). II. To confide in the power of God for the completing of the ruin of the enemies of his kingdom (Psa 21:7-13). In this there is an eye to Messiah the Prince, and the glory of his kingdom; for to him divers passages in this psalm are more applicable than to David himself. To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Open source ↗21:6 God’s eternal blessings also bring fullness of life in the present (see Ps 133).
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You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”