New English Translation
Psalms 21:5
5Your deliverance brings him great honor; you give him majestic splendor.
Psalms 21:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
- New International Version (NIV)Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His glory is great in Your salvation; Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
Context of Psalms 21:5
3For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head. 4He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty. Your deliverance brings him great honor; you give him majestic splendor. 6For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence. 7For the king trusts in the Lord, and because of the sovereign Lord’s faithfulness he is not upended.
Read all of Psalms 21Psalms 21:5 word by word
גָּד֣וֹל כְּ֭בוֹדוֹ בִּישׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ ה֥וֹד וְ֝הָדָר תְּשַׁוֶּ֥ה עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 21:5
- Psalms 3:3But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.
- Psalms 62:7God delivers me and exalts me; God is my strong protector and my shelter.
- 2 Samuel 7:8“So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.
- Isaiah 49:5So now the Lord says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant – he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Lord’s sight, for my God is my source of strength –
- Isaiah 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength? “It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!”
- John 13:31When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
- John 17:1When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you –
- Philippians 2:9As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
- Hebrews 8:1Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
- Revelation 5:8and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).
- Psalms 110:1Here is the Lord’s proclamation to my lord: “Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!”
- 1 Chronicles 17:11When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
- Ephesians 1:20This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms
- 1 Peter 3:22who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
Commentaries on Psalms 21:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5His glory is great - But great as his glory was, it had its greatness from God's salvation. There is no true nobility but of the soul, and the soul has none but what it receives from the grace and salvation of God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5His glory is great in thy salvation - Not in himself; not in anything that he has done, but in what thou hast done. The fact that thou hast saved him, and the manner in which it has been done, has put upon him great honor. He felt indeed that his condition as king, and as to the prospects before him, was one of great “glory” or honor; but he felt at the same time that it was not in “himself,” or for anything that he had done: it was only in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The king returned victorious from battle and received honor from the people. His greatest honor came from God, who gave him blessings, life, and his presence.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. (Compare 2Sa 7:13-16). The glory and blessedness of the king as head of his line, including Christ, as well as in being God's specially selected servant, exceeded that of all others.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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