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Psalm 21
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1The
2Thou hast
3For thou
4He
5His
6For thou hast
7For the
8Thine
9Thou shalt
10Their
11For they
12Therefore shalt thou
13Be thou
Footnotes
After the Battle
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength.How greatly he exults in Your salvation! 2You have granted his heart’s desireand have not withheld the request of his lips.Selah 3For You welcomed him with rich blessings;You placed on his head a crown of pure gold. 4He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
5Great is his glory in Your salvation;You bestow on him splendor and majesty. 6For You grant him blessings forever;You cheer him with joy in Your presence. 7For the king trusts in the LORD;through the loving devotion of the Most High,he will not be shaken.
8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies;Your right hand will seize those who hate You. 9You will place them in a fiery furnaceat the time of Your appearing.In His wrath the LORD will engulf them,and the fire will consume them. 10You will wipe their descendants from the earth,and their offspring from the sons of men.
11Though they intend You harm,the schemes they devise will not prevail. 12For You will put them to flightwhen Your bow is trained upon them.
13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength;we will sing and praise Your power.
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