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by Jan Couns
For You will precede him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold on his head. Psalm 21:3 When God's blessings come sooner and prove richer than we imagine, when they are given before we prayed for them, before we were ready for them, nay, when we feared the contrary, then it may be truly said that he (went before) us with them. Matthew Henry, 1662-1714, was a Welsh-born, English nonconformist minister and Bible commentator
He (David) asked life from You: You gave to him length of days forever and ever. Psalm 21:4 ‘No, it's not.’ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, at his execution, in response to a Nazi soldier who had stated, "This must be the end, then. April 9,1945
His (David’s) glory is great in Your salvation; You have laid honor and majesty on him. Psalm 21:5 Oh, could we look less to the smile and favor of man and more to the regard and notice of heaven, how far should we be in advance of what we are! Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-92, British Reformed Baptist, highly influential amongst Christians of different denominations
For You have set blessings for him forever.. Psalm 21:6a Someday you will read that D. L. Moody of East Northfield is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. At that moment I shall be more alive than now. I shall have gone up higher, that is all—out of this old clay tenement into a house that is immortal; a body that death cannot touch, that sin cannot taint, a body fashioned like unto His glorious body. Dwight Lyman Moody, 1837-99
You make him (David) joyful with gladness in Your presence. Psalm 21:6b The sweetest joy is holy fellowship with God. It is heaven's foretaste to see His smile and hear the whispers of His love. To realize this oneness is faith's privilege. Henry Law, Exposition of Psalms, 1878
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