Psalms Chapter 21 verse 4 Holy Bible
He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever.
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He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.
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He asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, length of days for ever and ever.
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He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
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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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He asked life of you, you gave it to him, Even length of days forever and ever.
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Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. The "life" intended cannot be ordinary human life, since in David' s case this certainly did not continue "for ever and ever." We must understand the psalmist to have asked for continuance in his posterity, and this was guaranteed him in the message which God sent him by Nathan (2 Samuel 7:13, 16). In the full sense the promise was, of course, Messianic, being fulfilled only in Christ, the God-Man, who alone of David' s posterity "liveth for ever."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) For ever and ever.--This is merely a term for indefinite length. (Comp. the common salutation of a king: 1Kings 1:31; Nehemiah 2:3; Daniel 3:9.) An allusion to the eternal kingdom of the Messiah is not to be forced on the passage.
