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Psalm 21

Dauid in the perſone of the people praiſeth God for the victorie, attributing it to God, and not to the ſtrength of man. Wherein the holie Goſt directeth the faithful to Chriſt, who is the perfection of this kingdome.
To him that excelleth. A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.THE King ſhal reioyce in thy ſtrẽgth, ô Lord: yea, how greatly ſhal he reioyce in thy ſaluacion!
2.Thou haſt giuen him his hearts deſire, & haſt not denied him the requeſt of his lippes. Sélah.
3.For thou dideſt preuent him with liberal bleſsings, & dideſt ſet a crowne of pure golde vpon his head.
4.He aſked life of thee, and thou gaueſt him a long life for euer and euer.
5.His glorie is great in thy ſaluaciõ: dignitie and honour haſt thou layed vpon him.
6.For thou haſt ſet him as bleſsings for euer: thou haſt made him glad with the ioye of thy countenance.
7.Becauſe the King truſteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the moſt High, he ſhal not ſlide.
8.Thine hand ſhal finde out all thine enemies, and thy right hand ſhal finde out thē that hate thee.
9.Thou ſhalt make them like a fyrie ouen in time of thine angre: the Lord ſhal deſtroy them in his wrath, and the fyer ſhal deuoure them.
10.Their frute ſhalt thou deſtroy from the earth, and their ſede from the children of men.
11.For they intended euil againſt thee, and imagined miſchief, but they ſhal not preuaile.
12.Therefore ſhalt thou put them aparte, & the ſtrings of thy bowe ſhalt thou make ready againſt their faces.
13.Be thou exalted, ô Lord, in thy ſtrẽgth: ſo wil we ſing and praiſe thy power.

Notes

1:a.
Whẽ he ſhal ouercome his enemies and ſo be aſſured of his vocatiõ.
3:b.
Thou declaredſt thy liberal fauour toward him before he praied.
4:c.
Dauid did not onely obteine life, but alſo aſſurance that his poſteritie ſhulde reigne for euer.
6:d.
Thou haſt made him thy bleſsings to others, & a perpetual exãple of thy fauour for euer.
8:e.
Here he deſcribeth the power of Chriſts kingdome againſt the enemies thereof.
9:f.
This teacheth vs paciently to endure the croſſe til God deſtroye the aduerſarie
11:g.
Thei laied as it were their nets to make Gods power to giue place to their wicked enterpriſes
12:h.
As a marke to ſhote at
13:i.
Mainteine thy Church againſt thine aduerſaries. yͧ we may haue ample occaſiõ to praiſe thy Name.