1.
The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
To the chief Musician. See App-64 .
Title. A Psalm. See App-65 .
of = pertaining or relating to.
strength = prevailing strength. Hebrew. 'araz, as in Psalms 21:13 . Compare notes on Psalms 20:2 , Psalms 20:6 .
LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 .
2.
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
heart's desire. Compare Psalms 20:4 ; Psalms 37:4 .
Selah. See App-66 . Here connecting the reason (Psalms 21:3 ) of the answer (Psalms 21:2 ) with the prayer of Psalms 20:4 ; which, by the Selah of Psalms 20:3 , had been connected with the reason given there: i.e. atonement.
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 Psalms 21:3 .
crown. See Revelation 14:14 , and compare Matthew 8:20 .
4.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
life: i.e. resurrection life. Compare Isaiah 53:10 . Hebrews 2:10-18 ; Hebrews 5:7 .
5.
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Honour, &c. Compare Revelation 5:13 .
6.
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
blessed. Compare Revelation 5:13 .
7.
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
trusteth = confldeth. Hebrew. batah. App-69 .
mercy = lovingkindness, or grace.
MOST HIGH. Hebrew. Elyon.
8.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
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), for the anger manifested by it.
10.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
children = sons.
men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 .
11.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
are not able to perform = could not accomplish.
12.
Therefore 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.
13.
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
To the chief Musician. See App-64 .
upon = relating to.
Aijeleth Shahar = the Day-dawn: David's Coronation, 953BC. Looking forward to the Day-dawn of Messiah's Coronation, which is the subject of the Psalms 21 , not of Psalms 22 . Compare 2 Samuel 23:4 ; see note on 2 Peter 1:19 and App-65 . Compare Psalms 139:9 .