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Selected Verse: Psalms 21:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 21:7 |
Strong Concordance |
For the king [04428] trusteth [0982] in the LORD [03068], and through the mercy [02617] of the most High [05945] he shall not be moved [04131]. |
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King James |
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The mediate cause is the king's faith, the efficient, God's mercy. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For the king - David, the author of the psalm.
Trusteth in the Lord - All these blessings have resulted from his confiding in God, and looking to him for his favor and protection.
And through the mercy of the Most High - The favor of Him who is exalted above all; the most exalted Being in the universe. The word "mercy" here is equivalent to "favor." He had already experienced God's favor; he looked for a continuance of it; and through that favor he was confident that he would never be shaken in his purposes, and that he would never be disappointed.
He shall not be moved - He shall be firmly established. That is, his throne would be firm; he himself would live a life of integrity, purity, and prosperity; and the promises which had been so graciously made to him, and which extended so far into the future, would all be acomplished. The truth taught here is, that however firm or prosperous our way seems to be, the continuance of our prosperity, and the completion of our hopes and our designs, depend wholly on the "mercy" or the favor of the Most High. Confiding in that, we may feel assured that whatever changes and reverses we may experience in our temporal matters, our ultimate welfare will be secure. Nothing can shake a hope of heaven that is founded on his gracious promises as made through a Saviour. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
trusteth
(See Scofield) - (Psa 2:12). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| (Heb.: 21:8-9) With this strophe the second half of the Psalm commences. The address to God is now changed into an address to the king; not, however, expressive of the wishes, but of the confident expectation, of the speakers. Hengstenberg rightly regards Psa 21:8 as the transition to the second half; for by its objective utterance concerning the king and God, it separates the language hitherto addressed to God, from the address to the king, which follows. We do not render Psa 21:8: and trusting in the favour of the Most High - he shall not be moved; the mercy is the response of the trust, which (trust) does not suffer him to be moved; on the expression, cf. Pro 10:30. This inference is now expanded in respect to the enemies who desire to cause him to totter and fall. So far from any tottering, he, on the contrary, makes a victorious assault upon his foes. If the words had been addressed to Jahve, it ought, in order to keep up the connection between Psa 21:9 and Psa 21:8, at least to have been איביו and שׁנאיו (his, i.e., the king's, enemies). What the people now hope on behalf of their king, they here express beforehand in the form of a prophecy. מצא ל (as in Isa 10:10) and מצא seq. acc. (as in Sa1 23:17) are distinguished as: to reach towards, or up to anything, and to reach anything, attain it. Supposing ל to represent the accusative, as e.g., in Psa 69:6, Psa 21:9 would be a useless repetition. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The king trusteth in the Lord - It was not by my skill or valor that I have gained this victory, but by faith in the strong protecting, and conquering arm of Jehovah.
He shall not be moved - Perhaps this may be best understood of him who was David's prototype. His throne, kingdom, and government, shall remain for ever. |
12 Kiss [05401] the Son [01248], lest he be angry [0599], and ye perish [06] from the way [01870], when his wrath [0639] is kindled [01197] but a little [04592]. Blessed [0835] are all they that put their trust [02620] in him.
9 Thou shalt make [07896] them as a fiery [0784] oven [08574] in the time [06256] of thine anger [06440]: the LORD [03068] shall swallow them up [01104] in his wrath [0639], and the fire [0784] shall devour [0398] them.
6 Let not them that wait [06960] on thee, O Lord [0136] GOD [03069] of hosts [06635], be ashamed [0954] for my sake: let not those that seek [01245] thee be confounded [03637] for my sake, O God [0430] of Israel [03478].
17 And he said [0559] unto him, Fear [03372] not: for the hand [03027] of Saul [07586] my father [01] shall not find [04672] thee; and thou shalt be king [04427] over Israel [03478], and I shall be next [04932] unto thee; and that also Saul [07586] my father [01] knoweth [03045].
10 As my hand [03027] hath found [04672] the kingdoms [04467] of the idols [0457], and whose graven images [06456] did excel them of Jerusalem [03389] and of Samaria [08111];
8 Thine hand [03027] shall find out [04672] all thine enemies [0341]: thy right hand [03225] shall find out [04672] those that hate [08130] thee.
9 Thou shalt make [07896] them as a fiery [0784] oven [08574] in the time [06256] of thine anger [06440]: the LORD [03068] shall swallow them up [01104] in his wrath [0639], and the fire [0784] shall devour [0398] them.
30 The righteous [06662] shall never [05769] be removed [04131]: but the wicked [07563] shall not inhabit [07931] the earth [0776].
8 Thine hand [03027] shall find out [04672] all thine enemies [0341]: thy right hand [03225] shall find out [04672] those that hate [08130] thee.
8 Thine hand [03027] shall find out [04672] all thine enemies [0341]: thy right hand [03225] shall find out [04672] those that hate [08130] thee.