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Psalm 21:13

Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

11For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
12For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.
13Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
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After drawn bows and defeated evil plots, the turn to song makes praise inseparable from YHWH’s strength against those who oppose him.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Psalm 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.”Psalm 21 asks the LORD to be exalted; Psalm 46 declares that God will be exalted among the nations.
Psalm 57:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!Both prayers ask God to be exalted, with Psalm 21 naming his strength and Psalm 57 naming his glory.
Psalm 59:16But 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 passages join singing to God’s strength, while Psalm 59 also names his loving kindness and refuge in distress.
Psalm 13:6I will sing to the LORD, because he has been good to me.Both passages express a resolve to sing to the LORD, praising his power in one and his goodness in the other.
1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours. Yours is the …Both passages praise the LORD’s power and speak of his exaltation, with Chronicles declaring him head above all.
Revelation 16:5–7I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have judged these things.Both address God with praise, though the psalm names his power and the angel names his righteous judgment.
Revelation 19:1–6After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;Both passages portray voices joined in praise of God, naming power as belonging to him.
Revelation 11:17saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and reigned.Both address the Lord in worship centered on his power; Revelation gives thanks that he has taken his power and reigned.
Revelation 15:3–4They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and …Both passages connect song with praise of God’s might, with Revelation also praising his works and righteous ways.
Isaiah 5:16but the LORD of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.Both speak of the LORD being exalted, with the psalm naming his strength and Isaiah naming his justice.
Matthew 6:10Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.Both prayers seek something centered on God: his exaltation in the psalm, and his kingdom and will in Matthew.
Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’Both texts name God’s strength, though the psalm responds with praise and Job speaks of his unanswerable might.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. injustice and anger.

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Encouragement

Your praise has a clear subject here: YHWH’s strength. The closing prayer seeks his exaltation, and the singers name his power as their reason to sing.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).