Psalms 21:6

"His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 21:6, the psalmist declares that God’s glory is magnified through his salvific acts. The verse suggests that God bestows honor and majesty upon those whom he saves, elevating them to a position of respect and reverence. This not only glorifies God but also highlights the transformative power of divine salvation in uplifting the faithful.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever -Margin, as in Hebrew, “set him” to be “blessings.” The expression in our translation, as it is now commonly understood, would mean that God had made him “happy” or “prosperous.” This does not seem to be the sense of the original. The idea is, that he had made him a blessing to mankind or to the world; or, that he had made him to be a source of blessing to others. Blessings would descend through him; and though in the consciousness of this fact he would be “happy,” and in that sense be “blessed,” yet the idea is rather that blessings would be imparted or scattered through him.

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