The Geneva Bible Translation Notes, [1599], at sacred-texts.com
Psalms Chapter 21
"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." The king shall (a) joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
(a) When he will overcome his enemies, and so be assured of his calling.
For thou (b) preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
(b) You declared your liberal favour toward him before he prayed.
(c) He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
(c) David not only obtained life, but also assurance that his posterity would reign forever.
For thou hast made him most (d) blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
(d) You have made him your blessings to others, and a perpetual example of your favour forever.
(e) Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
(e) Here he describes the power of Christ's kingdom against the enemies of it.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his (f) wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
(f) This teaches us patiently to endure the cross till God destroys the adversary.
For they (g) intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
(g) They laid as it were their nets to make God's power bend to their wicked enterprises.
Therefore shalt thou make them (h) turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.
(h) As a mark to shoot at.
(i) Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.
(i) Maintain your Church against your adversaries that we may have ample opportunity to praise your Name.