Tree of Life Version
Psalms 21:13
13For You make them turn their backs. You aim Your bowstrings at their faces.
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
11You destroy their offspring from earth, their seed from the children of men. 12Though they intended evil against You and devised a plot, they cannot succeed. For You make them turn their backs. You aim Your bowstrings at their faces. 14Be exalted, Adonai, 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 18:46Children of foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their hideouts.
- Psalms 46:10He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear. He burns chariots with fire.
- Psalms 57:5My soul is in the midst of lions. I lie among those breathing fire— sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongue is a sharp sword.
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be Adonai Elohim, God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
- Psalms 113:5Who is like Adonai our God, enthroned on high,
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Adonai, is the greatness, the power and the splendor, and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything in heaven and earth. Yours is the kingdom, Adonai and You are exalted above all.
- Job 9:19If it is a question of strength— certainly, He is the mighty One! If it is a matter of justice— who will summon me?
- Matthew 6:10Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Revelation 11:17saying, “We thank you, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and begun to reign.
- Psalms 58:10Even before your pots can feel a thorn —whether alive or ablaze— He will sweep the wicked away.
- Revelation 15:3And they are singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are Your deeds, Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Revelation 16:5Then I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Righteous are You—the Holy One, who is and who was— because You have passed these judgments.
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you kedoshim, emissaries and prophets! For God has judged her condemnation of you!”
- Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard something like the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Halleluyah! Salvation and 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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