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Psalm 21 Bible study: In your strength
Psalm 21 begins and ends in the LORD's strength, "The king rejoices in your strength, LORD!" (21:1) and "Be exalted, LORD, in your strength" (21:13): one Hebrew word, oz, and only there. In between, the king never speaks, and everything he has is given. Even his standing is "Through the loving kindness of the Most High" (21:7).
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“Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.”
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“Psalm 21 begins and ends with the LORD's strength.”
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Your strength, first and last
The title says: "For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David" (21:1). It names no occasion. The psalm's first words are "The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!" (21:1) (tap strength, rejoices, salvation), and its last are "Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power" (21:13) (tap exalted). Strength is the same Hebrew word both times, oz, and the psalm has it nowhere else. It is the LORD's strength: the king rejoices in it, and the singers ask the LORD to be exalted in it. Notice who speaks. Most of the psalm speaks to the LORD about the king, and never gives the king a word of his own: "he rejoices" (21:1), "He asked life of you" (21:4), and at the end, "we will sing" (21:13). It doesn't say who the we are.
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- Everything he has is given
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- 14 more Hebrew words
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The Hebrew word behind it
עֹזozsay OHZ
Brown-Driver-Briggs: "strength, might". Strong's: "strength in various applications". The psalm's first line and its last both have it, and it has it nowhere else: "The king rejoices in your strength, LORD!" (21:1), and "Be exalted, LORD, in your strength" (21:13). Both times it is your strength, the LORD's. Another psalm says of the LORD, "Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary" (Psalm 96:6). The Psalms have the word 44 times in Hebrew.
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Psalm 21 Bible study questions
- 1Psalm 20 prays that someone's heart's desire will be granted (Psalm 20:4), and Psalm 21 praises the LORD for a king who has been given his (21:2). When did you last go back and thank God for something you had asked him for?
- 2The psalm gives the reason the king stands: "For the king trusts in the LORD. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved" (21:7). What helps you stay steady when things around you shake?
- 3The psalm is about the king, but it ends, "so we will sing and praise your power" (21:13). How can a prayer answered for someone else become praise for your whole group?
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