Salmos 21

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD ; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
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O termo "Selá" (também encontrado em outros salmos) provavelmente indica uma pausa musical ou momento de reflexão. Estudiosos divergem: pode ser marcação litúrgica ou instrução para elevar o som.
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
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A promessa de vida eterna ao rei é interpretada como profecia messiânica. Hebreus 1:8-9 aplica este verso a Cristo, reforçando sua divindade e reinado perpétuo (Apocalipse 19:12-16).
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
For the king trusteth in the LORD , and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
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A imagem do fogo consumidor aparece em contextos de juízo divino (Malaquias 4:1). No NT, Jesus usa linguagem similar para o inferno (Mateus 13:42).
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
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A destruição da descendência dos inimigos reflete costumes bélicos antigos, onde eliminar linhagens evitava vinganças. Gera debates éticos sobre a justiça divina versus misericórdia.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform .
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Be thou exalted, LORD , in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.