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Psalms 21:5
Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God, recounting the blessings granted to the king following deliverance. The speaker frames the royal exaltation as a direct response to the king’s petition and divine favor.
The words — כְּ֭בוֹד/וֹ (ke.vo.d/o) translates to honor or his honor, and תְּשַׁוֶּ֥ה (te.sha.Veh) means you place or you bestow. These terms anchor the verse’s claim that divine favor actively confers status upon the king.
The thread — This pattern of exaltation reappears in the New Testament as Christ’s session at God’s right hand (Ephesians 1:20; Hebrews 8:1; 1 Peter 3:22). The psalm’s royal blessing establishes a typological line pointing to Christ’s sovereign position.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that honor and majesty originate from God’s action, not human achievement. Readers must trace the king’s exaltation to its New Testament fulfillment in Christ’s seated authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 3:22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Ephesians 1:20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Hebrews 8:1 The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
- Revelation 5:8 When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- John 17:22 I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—
- 2 Samuel 7:8 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
- 2 Samuel 7:19 And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
- 1 Chronicles 17:11 And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 17:27 So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
- Psalms 3:3 But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.