Psalm 21
For the director of
music. A psalm of David.
1 The
king rejoices in your strength, Lord.
How
great is his joy in the victories you give!
2You
have granted him his heart’s desire
3You
came to greet him with rich blessings
and
placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
4He
asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
length
of days, for ever and ever.
5Through
the victories you gave, his glory is great;
you have
bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
6Surely
you have granted him unending blessings
and
made him glad with the joy of your presence.
7For the
king trusts in the Lord;
through
the unfailing love of the Most High
he will
not be shaken.
8Your
hand will lay hold on all your enemies;
your
right hand will seize your foes.
9When
you appear for battle,
you
will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
and his
fire will consume them.
10You
will destroy their descendants from the earth,
their
posterity from mankind.
11Though
they plot evil against you
and
devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.
12You
will make them turn their backs
when
you aim at them with drawn bow.
13Be
exalted in your strength, Lord;
we will
sing and praise your might.
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Jesus is the
Messiah King.
The question of the
Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, "Are You a King then?" (Matthew 27:11)
received a full answer from the Savior’s lips: "You say that I am a King. In fact, the reason I was born and came into
the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens
to Me."
He is not merely a
King, but the King; King over minds and hearts, reigning with a dominion of
love, before which all other rule is but mere brute force. He was proclaimed
King even on the Cross; “A sign was fastened above Jesus' Head, announcing the charge against Him.
It read: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” (Matthew
27:37)
Jesus has wrought
out the salvation of His people, but as a man He found His strength in Jehovah
His God, to Whom He addressed Himself in prayer upon the lonely mountain's
side, and in the garden's solitary gloom. That strength so abundantly given is here
gratefully acknowledged, and made the subject of joy. The Man of Sorrows is now
anointed with the oil of gladness above His fellows.
Herein let every
subject of King Jesus imitate the King; let us lean upon Jehovah's strength,
let us joy in it by faith, let us rejoice more and more as we learn by
experience more and more fully the strength of the Arm of our Almighty God.
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