For the king trusts in Yahweh, and
through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken. Your right
hand will find out all your enemies…their offspring You will destroy from the
earth…Be exalted, O Yahweh, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your
power.
The
first 7 verses of this 13 verse psalm focus on Yahweh and the king, the
following 5 verses focus on Yahweh and those who hate Him, the final verse
mirrors the opening verse with an acknowledgment of God’s strength and power.
Psalm
21 reminds us of Psalm 2 in that we see Yahweh, we see those who hate Yahweh
and plot against Him, and we see Yahweh’s king, the One upon whom Yahweh
bestows His blessings. The victory of Yahweh and His King over their enemies is
also portrayed in both psalms. Also consider these words of the preceding
psalm, “Now I know that Yahweh saves His
anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven…” 20:6.
The
following psalm, Psalm 22, pictures God’s faithful One in the deepest depths
when all appears lost and ends with affirmation of victory and praise. Psalm 23
follows with 6 verses that encapsulate our pilgrimage as no other piece of
literature has ever done, and Psalm 24 trumpets a crescendo echoed from the
Throne Room to earth and back again to the Throne Room. Do we see the ebb and
flow of Psalms? Do we see Yahweh and His King? Do we see ourselves as those who
follow the King, who are indeed joint-heirs with Him? Do we see the conflict
between the Kingdom
of God and the forces of
the enemy? Do we see that life is not a group hug?
We
can trust in the lovingkindness of the
Most High, knowing that in Him we will
not be shaken to the point of collapse; we can see the end from the
beginning and we can trust in a secure and eternal future in our Father and
Lord Jesus Christ. The promises to the king of Psalm 21 are promises that we
inherit with the King (Romans 8:14ff) as joint-heirs with Him; and yes, we are
indeed called to suffer with Him, but that is that we may be glorified together
with Him (Romans 8:17).
Take the time to read and mediate on Psalm 21, to compare it to Psalm 2, and to see the flow of Psalms 20 - 24.
Be exalted O Yahweh, in Your strength;
we will sing and praise Your power, (21:13).
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