Psalms 21 · Verse 13

Psalms 21:13

Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Psalms 21:13, King James Version

Psalms 21:13 in other translations

BSBBe exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
WEBBe exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
ASVBe thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength: So will we sing and praise thy power.
YLTBe Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might!
DARBYBe thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.
BBEBe lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.
WebsterBe thou exalted, LORD, in thy own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

What does Psalms 21:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. The glory of all is ascribable to God alone.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Be thou exalted - Exalt thyself. O Lord - thy creatures cannot exalt thee. Lift thyself up, and discomfit thy foes by thine own strength! Thou canst give a victory to thy people over the most formidable enemies, though they strike not one blow in their own defense. God's right hand has often given the victory to his followers, while they stood still to see the salvation of God. How little can the strength of man avail when the Lord raiseth up himself to the battle! His children, therefore, may safely trust in him, for the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous flee into it, and are safe. Praise thy power - God is to receive praise in reference to that attribute which he has exhibited most in the defense or salvation of his followers. Sometimes he manifests his power, his mercy, his wisdom, his longsuffering, his fatherly care, his good providence, his holiness, his justice, his truth, etc. Whatever attribute or perfection he exhibits most, that should be the chief subject of his children's praise. One wants teaching, prays for it, and is deeply instructed: he will naturally celebrate the wisdom of God. Another feels himself beset with the most powerful adversaries, with the weakest of whom he is not able to cope: he cries to the Almighty God for strength; he is heard, and strengthened with strength in his soul. He therefore will naturally magnify the all-conquering power of the Lord. Another feels himself lost, condemned, on the brink of hell; he calls for mercy, is heard and saved: mercy, therefore, will be the chief subject of his praise, and the burden of his song. The old Anglo-Scottish Psalter says, We sal make knowen thi wordes in gude wil and gude werk, for he synges well that wirkes well. For thi, sais he twise, we sal syng; ane tyme for the luf of hert; another, for the schewyng of ryghtwisness, til ensampil.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 21:7-13

The psalmist teaches to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer upon what God would further do. The success with which God blessed David, was a type of the total overthrow of all Christ's enemies. Those who might have had Christ to rule and save them, but rejected him and fought against him, shall find the remembrance of it a worm that dies not. God makes sinners willing by his grace, receives them to his…

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Psalms 21:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ר֣וּמָהRu.mahrise up !H7311
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
בְּעֻזֶּ֑ךָve.'u.Ze.khain strength yourH5797
נָשִׁ֥ירָהna.Shi.rahwe will singH7891
וּֽ֝נְזַמְּרָהU.ne.za.me.rahand we will sing praisesH2167
גְּבוּרָתֶֽךָ\׃ge.vu.ra.Te.khamight yourH1369

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Cross references for Psalms 21:13

  • Revelation 16:5-7

    And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

  • Revelation 19:1-6

    And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. …

  • Revelation 15:3-4

    And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

  • Psalms 113:5

    Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

  • Psalms 57:11

    Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

  • Revelation 11:17

    Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

  • Psalms 57:5

    Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

  • Matthew 6:10

    Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

  • Psalms 72:18-19

    Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11

    Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

  • Job 9:19

    If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

  • Psalms 18:46

    The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Be thou.
18:46; 46:10; 57:5,11; 72:18,19; 113:5; *marg:
1Ch 29:11; Job 9:19; Mt 6:10,13; Re 11:17
so will.
58:10,11; Re 15:3,4; 16:5-7; 18:20; 19:1-6

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Context

  • Psalms 21:12

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

  • Psalms 21:13

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

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Psalms 21:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ensálzate, oh Jehová, con tu fortaleza: cantaremos y alabaremos tu poderío.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car tu leur feras tourner le dos, quand tu ajusteras la corde de ton arc contre leurs faces.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Erhebe dich, Jehova, in deiner Kraft! Wir wollen singen und Psalmen singen deiner Macht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Circumdederunt me vituli multi; tauri pingues obsederunt me.