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Psalm 21:1
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!
2You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
3For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
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The king’s repeated rejoicing draws attention to the source of his gladness: YHWH’s strength and salvation, even for someone who holds great power.
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Hebrews 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the …Joy appears in both passages, though the psalm celebrates God’s saving strength and Hebrews describes Jesus enduring the cross for joy ahead.
Psalm 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.Both songs name the LORD as the source of strength and connect his help with a heart that rejoices.
Psalm 62:7My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.Both psalms locate strength and salvation in God, making him the source of the help they celebrate or confess.
Matthew 2:2“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”Kingship is the shared thread: the psalm’s king rejoices in the LORD, while Matthew records visitors seeking the newborn King of the Jews.
Psalm 59:16–17But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my …Both songs praise God’s strength, with Psalm 59 naming refuge in distress as a reason to sing.
Psalm 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”Both passages connect a king with God: one celebrates the LORD’s saving strength, and the other declares God’s appointment of his king.
Isaiah 9:6–7For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, …The shared subject is a ruler: the psalm celebrates a king’s joy, while Isaiah announces a child who will bear government.
1 Samuel 2:10Those who strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. He will give …Hannah’s song declares that the LORD will give strength to his king, the same gift celebrated in the psalm.
Isaiah 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for him. We will be glad …Both passages express joy in the LORD’s salvation, with Isaiah describing the gladness of those who have waited for him.
2 Samuel 22:51He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”Both songs celebrate God’s saving help for a king, with Samuel’s passage naming David and his offspring.
Deuteronomy 33:7This is for Judah. He said, “Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against …Both concern help from the LORD: Moses asks it for Judah, while the king rejoices in salvation received.
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Your responsibilities do not require you to be the source of every strength you need. Even the king celebrates help received; his joy rests in YHWH’s salvation.
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