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Psalms 21:3
3For You meet him with blessings of good things; You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms 21:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
- New International Version (NIV)You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
Context of Psalms 21:3
1O Lord the king will delight in Your strength, And in Your salvation how greatly will he rejoice! 2You have given him his heart’s desire, And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. For You meet him with blessings of good things; You set a crown of pure gold on his head. 4He asked life of You, And You gave it to him, Long life forever and evermore. 5His glory is great because of Your victory; Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him.
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כִּֽי־תְ֭קַדְּמֶנּוּ בִּרְכ֣וֹת ט֑וֹב תָּשִׁ֥ית לְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ עֲטֶ֣רֶת פָּֽז׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 21:3
- Psalms 18:18They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the Lord was my support.
- 1 Samuel 16:13Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
- 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. Then they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
- 2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders (tribal leaders) of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed him king over Israel.
- Job 41:11Who has first given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?]
- Romans 11:35Or who has first given to Him that it would be paid back to him?
- Psalms 31:19How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who [reverently] fear You, Which You have prepared for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of man!
- 2 Chronicles 6:41“Now then arise, O Lord God, [and come] to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength and power. Let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in [Your] goodness.
- Romans 2:4Or do you have no regard for the wealth of His kindness and tolerance and patience [in withholding His wrath]? Are you [actually] unaware or ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness leads you to repentance [that is, to change your inner self, your old way of thinking—seek His purpose for your life]?
- Ephesians 1:3Blessed and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ,
- 2 Samuel 12:30And he took the crown of their king from his head; it weighed a talent of gold, and [set in it was] a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought the spoil out of the city in great amounts.
- 1 Chronicles 20:2David took the crown of their king from his head and found that it weighed a talent of gold and that there was a precious stone in it; so it was set on David’s head. He also brought a very great amount of spoil (plunder) out of the city [of Rabbah].
- Hebrews 2:9But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while [by taking on the limitations of humanity], crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering of death, so that by the grace of God [extended to sinners] He might experience death for [the sins of] everyone.
- Revelation 19:12His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many royal crowns; and He has a name inscribed [on Him] which no one knows or understands except Himself.
Commentaries on Psalms 21:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thou preventest him - To prevent, from prcevenio, literally signifies to go before. Hence that prayer in the communion service of our public Liturgy, "Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favor!" That is, "Go before us in thy mercy, make our way plain, and enable us to perform what is right in thy sight!" And this sense of prevent is a literal version of the original word תקדמנו tekademennu . "For thou shalt go before him with the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For thou preventest him - Thou goest before him; thou dost anticipate him. See Psalm 17:13, margin. Our word “prevent” is now most commonly used in the sense of “hinder, stop, or intercept.” This is not the original meaning of the English word; and the word is never used in this sense in the Bible. The English word, when our translation was made, meant to “go before,” to “anticipate,” and this is the uniform meaning of it in our English version, as it is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3rich blessings: See Proverbs 10:6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. preventest--literally, "to meet here in good sense," or "friendship" (Psa 59:10; compare opposite, Psa 17:13). blessings of goodness--which confer happiness. crown of pure gold--a figure for the highest royal prosperity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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