Apologetics Bible

Psalms 21:1

Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

lamenatzecha-mizemvor-ledavid

KJV: The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

AKJV: The king shall joy in your strength, O LORD; and in your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

ASV: The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah;

YLT: To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth.

Exposition: Psalms 21:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:2

Hebrew

יְֽהוָה בְּעָזְּךָ יִשְׂמַח־מֶלֶךְ וּבִישׁוּעָתְךָ מַה־יגיל יָּגֶל מְאֹֽד׃

yehvah-ve'azekha-yishemach-melekhe-vviyshv'atekha-mah-ygyl-yagel-me'od

KJV: Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

AKJV: You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

ASV: Thou hast given him his heart’s desire,

YLT: The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

Exposition: Psalms 21:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:3

Hebrew

תַּאֲוַת לִבּוֹ נָתַתָּה לּוֹ וַאֲרֶשֶׁת שְׂפָתָיו בַּל־מָנַעְתָּ סֶּֽלָה׃

ta'avat-livvo-natatah-lvo-va'areshet-shefatayv-val-mana'eta-selah

KJV: For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

AKJV: For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head.

ASV: For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness:

YLT: For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

Exposition: Psalms 21:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:4

Hebrew

כִּֽי־תְקַדְּמֶנּוּ בִּרְכוֹת טוֹב תָּשִׁית לְרֹאשׁוֹ עֲטֶרֶת פָּֽז׃

khiy-teqademenv-virekhvot-tvov-tashiyt-lero'shvo-'ateret-faz

KJV: He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

AKJV: He asked life of you, and you gave it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

ASV: He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him,

YLT: Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him--length of days, Age-during--and for ever.

Exposition: Psalms 21:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:5

Hebrew

חַיִּים ׀ שָׁאַל מִמְּךָ נָתַתָּה לּוֹ אֹרֶךְ יָמִים עוֹלָם וָעֶֽד׃

chayiym- -sha'al-mimekha-natatah-lvo-'orekhe-yamiym-'volam-va'ed

KJV: His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

AKJV: His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid on him.

ASV: His glory is great in thy salvation:

YLT: Great is his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.

Exposition: Psalms 21:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:6

Hebrew

גָּדוֹל כְּבוֹדוֹ בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ הוֹד וְהָדָר תְּשַׁוֶּה עָלָֽיו׃

gadvol-khevvodvo-viyshv'atekha-hvod-vehadar-teshaveh-'alayv

KJV: For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

AKJV: For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding glad with your countenance.

ASV: For thou makest him most blessed for ever:

YLT: For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

Exposition: Psalms 21:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:7

Hebrew

כִּֽי־תְשִׁיתֵהוּ בְרָכוֹת לָעַד תְּחַדֵּהוּ בְשִׂמְחָה אֶת־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃

khiy-teshiytehv-verakhvot-la'ad-techadehv-veshimechah-'et-faneykha

KJV: For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

AKJV: For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

ASV: For the king trusteth in Jehovah;

YLT: For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

Exposition: Psalms 21:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:8

Hebrew

כִּֽי־הַמֶּלֶךְ בֹּטֵחַ בַּיהוָה וּבְחֶסֶד עֶלְיוֹן בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃

khiy-hamelekhe-votecha-vayhvah-vvechesed-'eleyvon-val-yimvot

KJV: Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

AKJV: Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you.

ASV: Thy hand will find out all thine enemies;

YLT: Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters.

Exposition: Psalms 21:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:9

Hebrew

תִּמְצָא יָדְךָ לְכָל־אֹיְבֶיךָ יְמִֽינְךָ תִּמְצָא שֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃

timetza'-yadekha-lekhal-'oyeveykha-yemiynekha-timetza'-shone'eykha

KJV: Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

AKJV: You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

ASV: Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger:

YLT: Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

Exposition: Psalms 21:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:10

Hebrew

תְּשִׁיתֵמוֹ ׀ כְּתַנּוּר אֵשׁ לְעֵת פָּנֶיךָ יְהוָה בְּאַפּוֹ יְבַלְּעֵם וְֽתֹאכְלֵם אֵֽשׁ׃

teshiytemvo- -khetanvr-'esh-le'et-faneykha-yehvah-ve'afvo-yevale'em-veto'khelem-'esh

KJV: Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

AKJV: Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

ASV: Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth,

YLT: Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.

Exposition: Psalms 21:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:11

Hebrew

פִּרְיָמוֹ מֵאֶרֶץ תְּאַבֵּד וְזַרְעָם מִבְּנֵי אָדָֽם׃

fireyamvo-me'eretz-te'aved-vezare'am-miveney-'adam

KJV: For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

AKJV: For they intended evil against you: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

ASV: For they intended evil against thee;

YLT: For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

Exposition: Psalms 21:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:12

Hebrew

כִּי־נָטוּ עָלֶיךָ רָעָה חָֽשְׁבוּ מְזִמָּה בַּל־יוּכָֽלוּ׃

khiy-natv-'aleykha-ra'ah-chashevv-mezimah-val-yvkhalv

KJV: Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

AKJV: Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against the face of them.

ASV: For thou wilt make them turn their back;

YLT: For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.

Exposition: Psalms 21:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 21:13

Hebrew

כִּי תְּשִׁיתֵמוֹ שֶׁכֶם בְּמֵֽיתָרֶיךָ תְּכוֹנֵן עַל־פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃

khiy-teshiytemvo-shekhem-vemeytareykha-tekhvonen-'al-feneyhem

KJV: Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

AKJV: Be you exalted, LORD, in your own strength: so will we sing and praise your power.

ASV: Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength:

YLT: Be Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might!

Exposition: Psalms 21:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.