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Psalm 21:6
For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.
4He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
5His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.
6For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.
7For the king trusts in the LORD. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.
8Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
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The king’s joy comes from God’s presence, and his lasting blessing comes from God’s hand, giving gratitude a source beyond the gifts themselves.
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Psalm 45:7You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.Both passages name God as the source of gladness for the person receiving his favor.
Acts 2:28You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’Both passages speak to God and name his presence as the source of gladness.
Psalm 45:2You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.Both passages describe someone blessed by God forever, joining divine favor with lasting duration.
Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,Both passages connect joy with being in God’s presence, with Jude speaking of presentation before his glory.
Psalm 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.Both psalms locate joy in God’s presence and speak of blessings that extend forever.
Galatians 3:9So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.Both passages speak of blessing, though the psalm concerns the king and Galatians concerns those who share Abraham’s faith.
Numbers 6:25The LORD make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.Both passages describe God’s favor toward a person, through gladness in his presence or the shining of his face.
Acts 3:26God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”Both passages identify God as the giver of blessing; Acts specifies blessing through Jesus that turns people from wickedness.
Psalm 11:7For the LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.Both passages speak of being before God, expressed as joy in his presence and seeing his face.
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,Both passages credit God with giving blessing, though Ephesians specifies spiritual blessing in Christ.
Luke 2:10–11The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.Joy is the shared thread: the king’s gladness in God’s presence and the angel’s announcement of joy for all the people.
Genesis 39:5From the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake. The LORD’s blessing …Both passages attribute blessing to God, with Genesis describing blessing on an Egyptian household for Joseph’s sake.
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The king has received life and honor, yet his gladness also has this source: God’s presence. God himself is the giver of the blessing and the joy.
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