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Psalm 20 (21) Catholic Public Domain Version

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 21 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (4)

Psalm 20 in CPDV = Psalm 21 in WEB.

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WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
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2 In your virtue, Lord, the king will rejoice, and over your salvation, he will exult exceedingly.
21:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!
3 You have granted him the desire of his heart, and you have not cheated him of the wish of his lips.
21:2 You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
4 For you have gone ahead of him with blessings of sweetness. You have placed a crown of precious stones on his head.
21:3 For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
5 He petitioned you for life, and you have granted him length of days, in the present time, and forever and ever.
21:4 He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
6 Great is his glory in your salvation. Glory and great adornment, you will lay upon him.
21:5 His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.
7 For you will give him as a blessing forever and ever. You will make him rejoice with gladness in your presence.
21:6 For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.
8 Because the king hopes in the Lord, and in the mercy of the Most High, he will not be disturbed.
21:7 For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.
9 May your hand be found by all your enemies. May your right hand discover all those who hate you.
21:8 Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
10 You will make them like an oven of fire, in the time of your presence. The Lord will stir them up with his wrath, and fire will devour them.
21:9 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
11 You will destroy their fruit from the earth and their offspring from the sons of men.
21:10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.
12 For they have turned evils upon you; they have devised plans, which they have not been able to accomplish.
21:11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
13 For you will make them turn their back; with your remnants, you will prepare their countenance.
21:12 For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.
14 Be exalted, Lord, by your own power. We will play music and sing psalms to your virtues.
21:13 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
Cross references (14)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.

  1. 1 Hebrews 12:2; Matthew 2:2; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 62:7; Psalm 59:16–17
  2. 2 Hebrews 12:2; Matthew 2:2; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 62:7; Psalm 59:16–17
  3. 3 Psalm 37:4; Psalm 20:4–5; Psalm 2:8–9; Hebrews 7:25; Isaiah 49:6–12
  4. 4 2 Samuel 12:30; Ephesians 1:3; Psalm 59:10; 1 Chronicles 20:2; Psalm 31:19
  5. 5 Psalm 91:16; Revelation 1:18; Psalm 119:77; Psalm 133:3; Psalm 61:5–6
  6. 6 1 Peter 3:22; Ephesians 1:20–22; Revelation 5:8–13; Hebrews 8:1; John 17:22
  7. 7 Acts 2:28; Psalm 45:7; Psalm 16:11; Galatians 3:9; Acts 3:26
  8. 8 Psalm 16:8; Psalm 91:2; Psalm 20:7–8; Daniel 7:14; Psalm 26:1
  9. 9 Psalm 110:1–2; Luke 19:27; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Hebrews 10:28–29; Revelation 19:15
  10. 10 Malachi 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Psalm 50:3; Psalm 18:8; Lamentations 2:2
  11. 11 Psalm 37:28; 1 Kings 13:34; Job 20:28; Isaiah 14:20; Psalm 109:13
  12. 12 Psalm 10:2; Psalm 2:1; Jeremiah 11:18–19; Psalm 31:13; Isaiah 7:6–7
  13. 13 Psalm 7:12–13; Psalm 18:40; Psalm 64:7; Lamentations 3:12; Job 7:20
  14. 14 Revelation 16:5–7; Revelation 19:1–6; Revelation 15:3–4; Psalm 113:5; Psalm 57:11

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 21.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XX)

    This is a well-known title; and it is not Christ who speaks; but the prophet speaks to Christ, under the form of wishing, foretelling things to come. 2. "The Lord hear Thee in the day of trouble" (ver. 1).

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 21:4 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapters XXXIV–XXXV)

    … they were made; He commanded, and they were created: He hath established them for ever, yea, forever and ever." And again, He thus speaks respecting the salvation of man: "He asked life of Thee, and Thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever;" indicating that it is the Father of all who imparts continuance for ever and ever …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)