Psalms 21 · Verse 3

Psalms 21:3

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms 21:3, King James Version

Psalms 21:3 in other translations

BSBFor You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
WEBFor you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
ASVFor thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.
YLTFor Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.
DARBYFor thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.
BBEFor you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
WebsterFor thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness: thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

What does Psalms 21:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. preventest--literally, "to meet here in good sense," or "friendship" (Psa 59:10; compare opposite, Psa 17:13). blessings of goodness--which confer happiness. crown of pure gold--a figure for the highest royal prosperity.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Thou preventest him - To prevent, from prcevenio, literally signifies to go before. Hence that prayer in the communion service of our public Liturgy, "Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favor!" That is, "Go before us in thy mercy, make our way plain, and enable us to perform what is right in thy sight!" And this sense of prevent is a literal version of the original word תקדמנו tekademennu. "For thou shalt go before him with the blessings of goodness." Our ancestors used God before in this sense. So in Henry V.'s speech to the French herald previously to the battle of Agincourt: - "Go therefore; tell thy master, here I am. My ransom is this frail and worthless trunk; My army, but a weak and sickly guard: Yet, God before, tell him we will come on, Though France himself, and such another neighbor, Stand in our way." A crown of pure gold - Probably alluding to the crown of the king of Rabbah, which, on the taking of the city, David took and put on his own head. See the history, 2Sam 12:26-30 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 21:1-6

Happy the people whose king makes God's strength his confidence, and God's salvation his joy; who is pleased with all the advancements of God kingdom, and trusts God to support him in all he does for the service of it. All our blessings are blessings of goodness, and are owing, not to any merit of ours, but only to God's goodness. But when God's blessings come sooner, and prove richer than we imagine; when they are…

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Psalms 21:3 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.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
תְ֭קַדְּמֶנּוּTe.kad.de.me.nuyou meet himH6923
בִּרְכ֣וֹתbir.Khotblessings ofH1293
ט֑וֹבTovgood thing[s]H2896
תָּשִׁ֥יתta.Shityou setH7896
לְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹle.ro.Shoto head hisH7218
עֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.reta crown ofH5850
פָּֽז\׃Pazpure goldH6337

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 21:3

  • 2 Samuel 12:30

    And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

  • Ephesians 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

  • Psalms 59:10

    The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:2

    And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

  • Psalms 31:19

    Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

  • Romans 11:35

    Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

  • Hebrews 2:9

    But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

  • Romans 2:4

    Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

  • 2 Samuel 2:4

    And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh–gilead were they that buried Saul.

  • Psalms 18:18

    They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:41

    Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

  • 2 Samuel 5:3

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
preventest.
18:18; 1Sa 16:13; 2Sa 2:4; 5:3; Job 41:11; Ro 11:35
blessings.
31:19; 2Ch 6:41; Ro 2:4; Eph 1:3
settest.
2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 20:2; Heb 2:9; Re 19:12

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Context

  • Psalms 21:2

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

  • Psalms 21:3

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

  • Psalms 21:4

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

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Psalms 21:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues le has salido al encuentro con bendiciones de bien: corona de oro fino has puesto sobre su cabeza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu lui as donné le désir de son cœur, et tu ne lui as pas refusé la requête de ses lèvres. Sélah.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn mit Segnungen des Guten kamst du ihm zuvor; auf sein Haupt setztest du eine Krone von gediegenem Golde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Deus meus, clamabo per diem, et non exaudies; et nocte, et non ad insipientiam mihi.