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Psalms
Chapter
21
{Commentary
on the 1st Philistine invasion of II Samuel 5}
{A
Psalm of the Promotion of David (and All Believers in Spiritual Maturity)}
{Verses
1-7: 1st Strophe - Emphasis on God}
1~~{Title}
To the chief musician {natsach} . . .
the
psalm {mizmowr} of David
O
Jehovah/God . . . in Your Omnipotence/Integrity {`oz}
{integrity - the source of Divine blessing}
the
King {David} will 'express his happiness'/celebrate
{based on having capacity from doctrine resident in his soul}.
And,
in Your victory/deliverance
{y@shuw`ah - can mean salvation, but here deliverance is
better}
how
greatly shall he 'overtly rejoice'/'dance for happiness'
{giyl - outer expression of Joy - dancing in a circle}!
{Note: This psalm was possibly written by David after his first victory over the Philistines at Baalperazim (see II Samuel 5:20). You are not promoted unless the Lord promotes you. David has been promoted and knows that the Lord is due all the credit/glory. After about 47 years, the Jewish Nation is again united under King David. David is not thinking about the greatness of his part in the victory - but he has the right perspective - the victory is the Lords!}
{Note: The psalms often begin 'to the chief musician'. But, in Chapter 11, RBT says natsach in the piel stem means to the 'one who excels' meaning David himself. He is not boasting - this is the confidence of David. Instead he is recognizing the fact that he has bible doctrine in his soul. The country is in a mess and David knows he is the man for the job of fixing it all up!}
2~~You
{God} have given him {David}
the
desire {ta'avah} of his 'right lobe'/heart {blessings in time},
and
You have not held back {mana`}
the
request of his lips
{all David's prayer requests were answered}.
Selah/'orchestra
plays on, voices rest'.
{Selah means singers rest and instruments play on -
it is a picture of you resting while the Grace of God continues on}
{Note: the Lord did not preserve the melody of the psalms. We only have the Words. Selah was included in the psalms because it meant the singers rested but the musicians played on. This is a constant reminder that while WE rest (the singers) , God in His grace continues (the instruments play on and on and on).}
3~~For
You {God} have proceeded him {David}
with
the blessings { B@rakah - plural} of the {divine} good { towb}
{blessings in time - SG2 blessings from the integrity of God}.}.
You
{God} have placed on his head a crown of pure/fine gold
{God provided the crown to David - the Glory is the Lord's}.
{Note: This is the word from which Berachah Church took its name. B@rakah means blessings. And this is plural so it is not just one request for a blessing. David desired all sorts of categories of blessings and received them all - spiritual blessings, leadership blessings, wealth, power, wisdom, sexual prosperity, social prosperity - on and on - nothing was withheld by God.}
4~~He
{David} has asked You for life/'prosperity'
{chay - means asks for God to save his life when Saul might
destroy him but RBT says is also an idiom referring to the
categories of blessings in time},
and
You have given it to him {David} . . .
extension/length
{ 'orek} of days
{referring to long life to enjoy the blessings in time} . . .
{prosperity}
forever and ever
{referring to blessings in eternity future also}.
{Note: The tree of life is the capacity to enjoy life. This capacity comes from bible doctrine resident in your soul. Saying that David asked for 'lives' means that David prayed for a number of blessings in time and the time to enjoy the blessings. Then he ends with his desire for blessings in time and blessings in eternity.}
5~~Great
. . . {is} His {God's} glory
in
your {David's} victory/deliverance.
Honor
{ howd - referring to David's ability from doctrine
to handle his promotion to King - It is harder to handle a
prosperity test then tests of depravation. David handled both
beautifully}
and
majesty { hadar}
have
You {God} laid/bestowed upon him {David}.
{the nations around him bestowed gifts and praise on him - see II
Samuel 8:9-12 but he immediately sanctified it to God}.
6~~For
You {God} will appoint him {David} . . .
blessings
forever.
{B@rakah - plural - many many categories of blessings}
You
have made him intensively happy {chadah - Piel intensive stem}
with
happinesses {simchah}
of
Your Face/Countenance/Presence
{paniym - technical for +H - sharing the happiness which belongs to
God}.
7~~For
the king {melek - referring to David}
'keeps
on trusting in/'claims the promises of' Jehovah/God
{batach - used in 'bodying slamming someone to the ground -
means to 'slam your cares on the Lord' and therefore came to
mean to 'claim the promises from God}.
Consequently,
because of the grace {checed}
of
the Most High {'elyown}
he
{David} shall not waiver/totter
{mowt - means perfect stability - refers to David's attitude toward
doctrine. He relies on the Lord and His Word. And, from doctrine
in the soul in produced a stable Way of life}.
{Verses
8-13: 2nd Strophe - Attention Centers on David}
8~~Your
{David's} hand/G2/CIA
{yad - refers to David's intelligence gathering branches of his
administration - here like the CIA for the foreign countries}
shall
discover { matsa' - used for intelligence gathering services}
all
your enemies {foreign foes}.
Your
'right hand'/FBI
{yamiyn - intelligence gathering service within the country}
shall
discover {matsa'} the ones hating you
{sane' - refers to domestic enemies - includes Absalom
and another of his sons}.
9~~You
{David} shall make them {David's enemies}
as
a fiery oven {complete and total annihilation}
in
the time of your face/presence {paniym}.
{either on the battlefield or in the Court of Justice - David will
prevail}.
Jehovah/God
shall 'destroy them'/'swallow them up' {bala'}
in
His anger,
and
the fire {of God's righteous judgment}
shall
devour them.
{Cleansing
of the Human Race}
10~~Their
fruit/progeny/offspring {p@riy},
You
shall scatter and destroy { 'abad} from the earth {'erets},
and
their seed/children from among the children of men.
{Note: Why is God 'destroying these people and all their descendents? To PROTECT the human race's very existence! If evil is allowed to remain, then the entire human race would be destroyed by that evil. So, evil is 'restrained' by God - and He will continue to do so, until the Tribulation. The 'Why' is stated in the next verse.}
11~~For
they 'stretched out upon you {natah} evil {ra'}.
They
devised {chashab} a conspiracy {m@zimmah}.
They
are not able {to carry out the conspiracy}.
12~~For
you shall make/appoint them
{David's archers turning on the enemy to show them a shoulder}
the
shoulder {sh@kem}
{left
shoulder forward, right shoulder back - picture of archers being
ready to shoot - used for military preparedness; and for traitors - a
firing squad},
when
you {archers} shall prepare/'make ready'
your
arrows {loaded and ready}
upon
your strings
against
the presence/face {paniym} of them
{foreign foes (Philistines) advancing and military is ready for them}.
13~~Be
exalted, Jehovah/God,
in
Your Omnipotence {`oz}.
We
will keep singing
and
celebrating
{zamar - idiom - literally to 'strum the strings of an instrument'}
Your
powerful {military} victories {g@buwrah}.
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