New King James Version
Psalms 21:13
13Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength! We will sing and praise Your power.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Rise up, O Lord, in all your power. With music and singing we celebrate your mighty acts.
Context of Psalms 21:13
11For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform. 12Therefore You will make them turn their back; You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces. Be exalted, O Lord, in Your own strength! We will sing and praise Your power.
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! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
- Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
- Psalms 57:5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let Your glory be above all the earth.
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things!
- Psalms 113:5Who is like the Lord our God, Who dwells on high,
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all.
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
- Matthew 6:10Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:13And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
- Revelation 11:17saying: “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
- Revelation 15:3They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!
- Revelation 16:5And I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be, Because You have judged these things.
- Revelation 18:20“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!”
- Revelation 19:1After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord 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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