Psalms Chapter 21 verse 3 Holy Bible
For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.
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For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
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For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.
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For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
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Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
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For you meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
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For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness; i.e. thou givest him blessings before he asks, and more than he asks.. "The blessings of goodness" is pleonastic, since a blessing cannot be otherwise than a good. Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. It is remarked that David, as the result of one of his wars, did actually take the crown of the conquered king, which was a crown of gold, from off the king' s head, and place it upon his own head (2 Samuel 12:30); but this is scarcely what is intended here. As Hengstenberg observes, "The setting on of the crown marks the bestowment of dominion," not in one petty ease only, but generally, and is scarcely to be altogether separated from the promises recorded in 2 Samuel 7:12-16.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Thou preventest--i.e., comest to meet him. The word "prevent" is familiar in this sense in the English collect: "Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings." (Comp. Psalm 79:8; 1Thessalonians 4:15.) The "crown "is by some identified with that won by David at Rabbah Moab. Others make it refer to a coronation. Ewald thinks of a birthday celebration. Probably no more is intended than a symbol of victory and rejoicing. Maidens were accustomed to meet a monarch returning in victory, and to offer a crown, or garland, which was a symbol of extraordinary rejoicing. (Comp. 1Samuel 18:6; Psalm 68:11; Song of Solomon 3:11; Wisdom Of Solomon 2:8; Judith 15:13; 3Ma 7:16.) . . .
