Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 21:13
13Be exalted, Lord, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.
Psalms 21:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
- New International Version (NIV)Be exalted in your strength, Lord; we will sing and praise your might.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength! We will sing and praise Your power.
Context of Psalms 21:13
11Though they intend to harm you and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail. 12Instead, you will put them to flight when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them. Be exalted, Lord, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.
Read all of Psalms 21Psalms 21:13 word by word
ר֣וּמָה יְהוָ֣ה בְּעֻזֶּ֑ךָ נָשִׁ֥ירָה וּֽ֝נְזַמְּרָה גְּבוּרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 21:13
- Psalms 18:46The Lord lives — blessed be my rock! The God of my salvation is exalted.
- Psalms 46:10“Stop fighting, and know that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”
- Psalms 57:5God, be exalted above the heavens; let your glory be over the whole earth.
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
- Psalms 113:5Who is like the Lord our God — the one enthroned on high,
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
- Matthew 6:10Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:13And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
- Revelation 11:17saying, We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Revelation 15:3They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb: Great and awe-inspiring are your works, Lord God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, King of the nations.
- Revelation 16:5I heard the angel of the waters say, You are just, the Holy One, who is and who was, because you have passed judgment on these things.
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced on her the judgment she passed on you!
- Revelation 19:1After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,
Commentaries on Psalms 21:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Be thou exalted - Exalt thyself. O Lord - thy creatures cannot exalt thee. Lift thyself up, and discomfit thy foes by thine own strength! Thou canst give a victory to thy people over the most formidable enemies, though they strike not one blow in their own defense. God's right hand has often given the victory to his followers, while they stood still to see the salvation of God. How little can the strength of man avail when the Lord raiseth up himself to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength - This is the concluding part of the psalm (see the introduction), expressing a desire that God “might” be exalted over all his foes; or that his own strength might he so manifestly put forth that he would be exalted as he ought to be. This is the ultimate and chief desire of all holy created beings, that God might be exalted in the estimation of the universe above all other beings - or that he might so triumph…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The psalmist teaches to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer upon what God would further do. The success with which God blessed David, was a type of the total overthrow of all Christ's enemies. Those who might have had Christ to rule and save them, but rejected him and fought against him, shall find the remembrance of it a worm that dies not. God makes sinners willing by his grace, receives them to his favour, and delivers them from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Be exalted (compare Psalm 57:5, 11; 108:5) expresses communal praise and joy in God’s greatness and power.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. The glory of all is ascribable to God alone.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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