Psalms 21:5
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Psalms 21:5 in other translations
| BSB | Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty. |
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| WEB | His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him. |
| ASV | His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him. |
| YLT | Great is his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him. |
| DARBY | His glory is great through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon him. |
| BBE | His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him. |
| Webster | His glory is great in thy salvation: honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him. |
What does Psalms 21:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 21:4-6
4-6. (Compare 2Sa 7:13-16). The glory and blessedness of the king as head of his line, including Christ, as well as in being God's specially selected servant, exceeded that of all others.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Psalms 21:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 21:5
- 1 Peter 3:22
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
- Ephesians 1:20-22
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
- Revelation 5:8-13
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; …
- Hebrews 8:1
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
- John 17:22
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
- Psalms 96:6
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
- Psalms 62:7
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- Psalms 3:3
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
- 1 Chronicles 17:27
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever.
- John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
- 2 Samuel 7:19
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
- Isaiah 63:1
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:3; 62:7; 2Sa 7:8,9,19; Isa 49:5-7; 63:1; Joh 13:31,32; 17:1,5,22
Php 2:9-11; Heb 8:1; Re 5:8-13
honour.
110:1; 1Ch 17:11-15,27; Mt 28:18; Eph 1:20-22; 1Pe 3:22
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Context
- Psalms 21:4
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
- Psalms 21:5
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
- Psalms 21:6
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Psalms 21:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Grande es su gloria en tu salud: honra y majestad has puesto sobre él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il t’a demandé la vie: tu la lui as donnée, – une longueur de jours pour toujours et à perpétuité! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Groß ist seine Herrlichkeit durch deine Rettung; Majestät und Pracht legtest du auf ihn. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In te speraverunt patres nostri; speraverunt, et liberasti eos. |