Psalm 21

Psalm 21

Verso 1

"O rei se alegra em tua força, ó Senhor". Jesus é uma personagem real. The question: "Are you a king, then?" I received a complete answer from the lips of Salvador: "You say that I am a King. For this purpose I was born and for I came into the world for this purpose, to bear witness to the truth." He is not just a king, but the king; King over minds and hearts, reigning with a domain of love, before which all other rules are merely force brute. He was proclaimed king even on the cross, for there, indeed, in the eyes of faith, reigned as if on a throne, blessing with more than munificence imperial the needy children of the earth. Jesus forged the salvation of his people, but as a man found his strength in Jehovah, his God, whom he he directed in prayer on the side of the lonely mountain, and in the lonely darkness of the garden. This force so abundantly given is here recognized with gratitude and transformed into a reason for joy. The Man of Sorrows is now anointed with the oil of joy above your companions. Returned in triumph from defeat of all his enemies, he offers his breathtaking Te Deum in temple above, and joys in the power of the Lord. In this let every subject of the king Jesus imitating the King; let us rely on the strength of Jehovah, let us rejoice. with unwavering faith, let us exult in it in our thankful songs. Jesus does not they only rejoiced like this, but it will happen when they see the power of divine grace bringing from its sinful hiding places the purchase of the work of your soul; We we will also rejoice more and more, as we learn, through experience, more and more fully the strength of the arm of our God of Alliance. Our weakness irritates our harps, but your strength tunes them. new. If we cannot sing a note in honor of our own strength, we can, in any case, rejoice in our omnipotent God. "And in your salvation how greatly will he rejoice!" Everything is attributed to God; the fountain is your strength and the river is your salvation. Jehovah planned and ordered, works and crowns, and therefore is your salvation. The joy mentioned here is described by an exclamation mark and a word of admiration: "how!"

The joy of our risen Lord must, like His agony, be indescribable. If the mountains of your joy increase in proportion to the depth of the valleys of your pain, then your sacred happiness is high as the seventh heaven. For the joy that was set before him while he endured the cross, disregarding shame, and now this joy grows daily, because he rests in his love and rejoices with his redeemed singing, as in the in due order they are brought to find their salvation in their blood. With our Lord, let us rejoice in salvation, as coming from God, as if coming to us, as if extending to others, and soon encompassing all the lands. We need not fear much joy in this regard; this base solid will sustain well the tallest building of joy. The shouts of the first Methodists in the excitement of joy were much more forgiving than ours. own indifference. Our joy should have some kind of inexplicability. nela.Our joy should have some kind of inexpressibility in it. Our Joy should have some kind of ineffability in it.

Verse 2

"You granted him the desire of his heart." This desire that he ardently pursued when he was on earth, both by his prayer, his actions and their suffering; He manifested that His heart longed to redeem his people, and now in heaven he has his wish granted, for he sees his beloved coming to be with him where he is. The desires of the Lord Jesus were of the your heart, and the Lord heard them; if our hearts are right with God, he, in our case, will also "fulfill the desires of those who fear him."

And do not withhold the request of your lips. certainty will come in the bucket of lips, and these are the only true prayers in that the desire of the heart is the first, and the request of the lips comes afterwards. Jesus I prayed vocally and mentally; speech is a great help for the thought. Some of us feel that even when alone, we find it's easier to gather our thoughts when we can pray aloud. The Salvador's orders were not held. He was and still is a Pleader. predominant. Our Lawyer in high returns is not empty from the throne of grace. He asked for his chosen ones in the chamber of the eternal council, he asked blessings for them here, asked for glory for them in the future and their requests will they accelerated. He is ready to ask us on the propitiatory. We do not have this Do you have any desire to send to His Father on His behalf? Let us not be negligent in use our willing, loving, and predominant Intercessor.

Selah Here, a pause is very well inserted, so that we can admire the blessed success of the king's prayers, and may we prepare our own requests, which can be submitted through it. If we had more peaceful rests, more Selahs in our public worship, this could be beneficial.

Verse 3 "For you prevent him with the blessings of good." The word prevent Previously meant to precede or go before, and surely Jehovah preceded.

Your Son with blessings. Before dying, the saints were saved by merit. before his death, before the believers came, they saw his day and they rejoiced, and he himself took delight in the sons of men. The Father He is so willing to give blessings through His Son, that instead of being thank you for granting your grace, it surpasses the Mediatory march of mercy. "I do not say that I will pray to the Father for you, for the Father himself will but. Before Jesus calls, the Father responds, and while he is still speaking he listens. Mercies can be bought with blood, but they they are also given for free. Jehovah's love is not caused by sacrifice of the Redeemer, but this love, with its blessings of goodness, preceded the great atonement and provided it for our salvation. Reader, will it be a happy thing for you if, like your Lord, you can see so much the providence regarding the grace preceding it, anticipating its needs and preparing your way. Mercy, in the case of many of us, ran in the face of our desires and prayers, and this always surpasses our efforts and expectations, and even our hopes are left behind. The grace the one coming deserves a song; we can make one with this sentence; let us try. All our mercies must be seen as blessings; gifts from a blessed God, intended to make us blessed; they are 'blessings of good', not of merit, but of free favor; and they come to us in a preventive manner, a prudent way of forecasting, just like only preventing love could have arranged. In this light, the verse is in itself a sonnet! "You put a crown of pure gold on his head." Jesus wore the crown of thorns, but now wears the crown of glory. It is a "crown", indicating the real nature, the imperial power, the deserved honor, the glorious conquest and the divine government. The crown is of the richest, rarest, most resplendent order. and more enduring - the 'gold' and the most refined and valuable type of gold, 'gold pure", to indicate the excellence of one's mastery. This crown is placed upon your head more firmly, and while other monarchs think that their headbands fit loosely, it is secured so that no power you can move it, for Jehovah himself placed it on your forehead. Napoleon crowned, but Jehovah crowned the Lord Jesus; the empire of that fused into one. time, but the other has a permanent domain. Some versions read 'a crown of precious stones"; this can remind us of those loved ones who will be like jewels in his crown, of which he said: "They will be mine on the day when I made my jewels." May we be placed in the golden circle of glory.

Redeemer, let us adorn your head forever!

Verse 4

'He asked for your life, and you gave it to him, even the length of days.' forever and ever." The first words may serve for King David, but the duration of the days forever and ever can only refer to the King Messiah. Jesus, as a man, prayed for the resurrection and he received it, and now He possesses immortality. He died once, but being resurrected from dead he does not die anymore. "Because I live, you will also live" is the wonderful suggestion that Salvador gives us, that we are participants of your eternal life. We would never have found this jewel if he hadn't rolled away the stone that covered it.

Verse 5

"His glory is great in your salvation." Emanuel takes the palm; he Once he carried the cross. The Father glorified the Son, so there is no glory. similar to what surrounds it. See your person as described by John in Apocalypse; see its dominion as it stretches from sea to sea; see its splendor as it is revealed in the blazing fire. Lord, who is similar to you? Solomon in all his glory could not be compared with you, one day you despised the man from Nazareth! Mark, reader: a salvation is attributed to God; and thus the Son, as our Savior, magnifies your Father; but the glory of the Son is greatly seen, for the Father glorify your Son.

You have placed honor and majesty upon him.

These are placed over Jesus like chains of gold, and stars and symbols. of honor are placed upon princes and great men. Just as the the wood of the tabernacle was covered with pure gold, Jesus is also covered of glory and honor. If there is a weight much greater and eternal of glory for your humble followers, what should there be for our own Lord? All the the weight of sin was placed upon him; but it is right that the full measure of glory of taking him away is placed on the same beloved person. A glory proportional to his shame that he owes and will receive, for well he won. It is not possible for us to honor Jesus much; what our God is delight in doing, we can certainly do our best. Oh for new crowns for the eyebrow that has already been marked with thorns! "Seja ele coroado com a majestade, que encurvou a cabeça até a morte, And let your honors be exalted by all things that have breath.

Verse 6

"For you made him very blessed forever." He is very blessed in itself, because it is God over all, blessed forever; but this relates to him as our Mediator, in which the capacity of blessedness is given to him as a reward. The margin has this, you you put to be blessings; he is a overflowing source of blessings for the others, a sun filling the universe with light. As the Lord swore to Abraham, the promised seed is an eternal source of blessings for all nations of the earth. He is ready for this, ordained, appointed, embodied with this same purpose, to bless the children of men. Oh, that the fishermen had the good sense to use the Savior for that purpose he is ordained, namely, to be a Savior for lost souls and guilty.

You made me extremely happy with your smile. blessing for others cannot help but rejoice; the limitless well-doing of Jesus guarantees you unlimited joy. The loving favor of your Father, the countenance from God, gives Jesus a supreme joy. This is the purest flow to drink. and Jesus does not choose another. His joy is full. His source is divine. His continuity is eternal. Its degree exceeds all limits. The countenance of God make the Prince of Heaven happy; how we should seek Him, and how careful we must be so that we do not provoke him by our sins to hide your face of us! Our anticipations can happily fly to the hour in which the joy of our Lord will be poured out upon all the saints, and the the countenance of Jehovah must shine upon all the purchased blood. Thus we we will enter into the joy of our Lord.

So far everything has been 'the outcry of those who triumph, the song of those who celebrate." Let's shout and sing with them, for Jesus is our King and, us your triumphs, we share a part.

Verse 7

"For the king trusts in the Lord". Our Lord, as a true king and leader, he was a master in the use of weapons, and could handle the shield well of faith, for he gave us a brilliant example of unwavering trust in God. He felt safe under the care of the Father until the hour arrived, he knew that I always heard in the sky; he committed his cause to him who judges right, and in in his last moments he surrendered his spirit into the same hands. The joy expressed in the previous verses was the joy of faith, and the victory achieved was due to the same precious grace. A sacred trust in Jehovah is the true mother of victories. This psalm of triumph was composed long before before the conflict of our Lord begins, but faith soars over the borders of time and intone your "I triumph", while singing your battle song. "By the mercy of the Most High, he will not be moved." The eternal mercy ensures the mediatory throne of Jesus. He who is Most High in all senses, involves all your infinite perfections to maintain the throne of grace over which our King reigns in Zion. He was not moved from his purpose, neither in their sufferings, nor by their enemies, nor should it be driven by the conclusion of his projects. He is the same yesterday, today, and always.

Other empires are dissolved over the span of years, but eternal mercy. maintain your growing dominance forever; other kings fail because they rest on a limb of flesh, but our monarch reigns in splendor because he trusts in Jehovah. It is a great demonstration of divine mercy for with the men that the throne of King Jesus may still be among them: nothing besides divine mercy could sustain him, for human malice I would bring it down tomorrow if I could. We must trust God for the promotion. of the kingdom of the Redeemer, for in Jehovah the King himself trusts: all methods incredulous of action, and especially all the trust in mere ability humans must be discarded forever from a realm where the monarch establish the kingdom. examples of walking by faith in God.

Verse 8

"Your hand will discover all your enemies; your right hand "He will find those who hate you." The destruction of the wicked is a cause for joy for the friends of justice; from here, here, and in most of the songs of the scriptures, it is noted with calm thanksgiving. "You have stripped the powerful of their seats", it's a note from the same song that sings "and they exalted us from below gray". We pity the lost because they are men, but we cannot have they are punished as enemies of Christ. No one can escape the wrath of the king. victorious, nor is it desirable that they should. Without seeking their enemies Flyers, he will find them with his hand, for his presence is above and around. of them. Any hope of escape is in vain, he will discover everything and may punish to everyone. This also with the ease and speed that belong to the right hand of the warrior. The discovery refers, we think, not only to the discovery of hideouts of the enemies of God, but at their touch in their most ternas, in order to cause the most severe suffering. When he appears to to judge the world, the hard hearts will be subjected to terror, and the spirits The proud will be ashamed. He who has the key to human nature. you can touch all your sources at will, and discover the means to bring the greater confusion and terror to those who once proudly expressed their hatred for him. When he appears to judge the world, the hardened hearts they will be subjected to terror, and the proud spirits will be ashamed.

He who has the key to human nature can touch all its sources. your will, and to discover the means to bring the greatest confusion and terror to those who once proudly expressed their hatred for him. When he appears to judge the world, hardened hearts will be subjected to terror, and the proud spirits will be ashamed. He who has the key of human nature can touch all its sources at will, and discover the means of bringing the greatest confusion and terror to those who once expressed proudly your hatred for him.

Verse 9

"He will make them like a furnace of fire in the time of your anger." They they will be an oven for themselves, and thus their own tormentors. Those who burned with rage against you will be burned. by your wrath. The fire of sin will be followed by the fire of wrath. Just as the smoke of Sodom and Gomorrah rose to heaven, so did the enemies of the Lord Jesus will be totally and terribly consumed. Some read: "you will put them "in a furnace of fire". Like a woodcutter thrown into the oven, they will burn. furiously under the wrath of the Lord; "They will be cast into a furnace of fire, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." These are terrible words, and those teachers do not get along, those who strive for their sophistic reasoning to weaken your strength. Reader, never tolerate light thoughts from hell, Or you will soon have low thoughts of sin. The hell of sinners it must be fearful beyond all conception, or such language as the present would not be used. Who would have the Son of God to be his enemy when such does the downfall await its enemies? The expression, "the time of your wrath", in us remember that, as this is now the time of your grace, there will then be a time defined for your wrath. The judge will strike at a set time. There is a day of vengeance of our God; That those who despise the day of grace, remember this day of wrath.

The Lord will swallow them in his fury, and the fire will consume them. will visit with His anger the enemies of His Son. The Lord Jesus, therefore say, will be judged by the commission of God, whose assent and solemn cooperation will be with him in his sentences about unrepentant sinners. A complete destruction of soul and body, so that both are swallowed Through misery and devoured with anguish, it is here intended. Oh, the coming wrath!

The wrath that is to come! Who can endure this? Lord, save us from it, for the sake of love. of Jesus.

Verse 10

"You will destroy their fruits from the earth." The work of your life will be a failure and the result of your work will be a disappointment. What you are pride will be forgotten; your own names will be exterminated like abominable "and his seed among the sons of men." His posterity following your steps will face a similar downfall, until finally the race ends. Without a doubt, God's blessing is often transmitted to the just their children, almost as an inheritance in the family, while the sinner who is dying bequeaths a curse to his descendants. If the men hate the Son of God, they should not wonder if their own children do not receive any favoritism.

Verse 11

"For they intended evil against you." God takes knowledge of intentions. He who wanted to, but could not, is so guilty as the one who did it. The church and the cause of Christ are not just attacked by those who do not understand it, but there are many that have the light and they still hate it. The malicious intent has a virus that is not found in sins of ignorance; now, how wicked men with malice predispose the gospel of Christ, your crime is great and your punishment will be proportional.

The words "against you" show us that the one who wishes evil against the the poorer believer means harm to the king himself: may the persecutors take. careful.

They imagined a naughty device that they are not able to "To accomplish." The lack of power is the obstruction at the feet of the enemies of the Lord Jesus.

They have the wickedness to imagine, and the cunning to conceive, and the wickedness to they plot mischief, but blessed be God, they fail in skill; still, they will be judged according to their hearts, and the will shall be taken for the deed on the great day of account. When we read the arrogant threats of the enemies of the gospel in today's days, we can conclude our reading cheerfully repeating "what they are not capable of achieving". The serpent you can whistle, but your head is broken; the lion can worry, but he cannot devour: the storm may thunder, but it cannot attack. The the old giant pope bites his nails on the pilgrims, but he cannot catch your bones like in the old days. Growling a horrible "non possumus", the the devil and all his allies are discouraged by the walls of Zion, for the Lord is there.

Versículo 12. "Por isso os farás virar as costas, quando fizeres as tuas flechas "about your strings against their face." For some time, the enemies of Gods can make bold advances and threaten to overthrow everything, but some clock signals will change the face of your business. At first, they advance with enough impudence, but Jehovah confronts them to their teeth, and a taste the acute judgment of God quickly makes them flee in dismay. the original has in itself the thoughts of the wicked being pointed out as a target to aim for God, a target for his wrath to focus on. What a terrible situation! How large-scale illustration, remember Jerusalem during the siege; and for a specimen of an individual, read the deathbed story of Francis Spira. God has a certain target; who would be its aim? Its arrows are sharp. and they pierce the heart; Who would like to be wounded by them? Ah, you enemies of God, your wills will soon come to an end when the arrows let's start flying!

Verse 13

"Be exalted, Lord, in Your own strength." A sweet verse final. Our hearts will join hers. It is always right to praise the Lord when we recall the memory of your kindness towards your Son and the defeat of your enemies. The exaltation of the name of God should be the business of every Christian; but, once these poor things allow us to honor him as he deserves, we can invoke his own power to help us. Be high, oh God, but maintain your loftiness by your own omnipotence, for no other power can do it with dignity.

So let's sing and praise your power. to lament, but the glorious appearance of your divine helper awakens your joy. Joy must always flow through the channel of praise. All the attributes of Gods are suitable subjects to be celebrated by the music of our hearts and voices, and when we observe a demonstration of its power, we must exalt him. He accomplished our deliverance alone and only he will have the praise.