Psaume 21:2-12

2 Tu lui as donné ce que désirait son coeur, Et tu n'as pas refusé ce que demandaient ses lèvres. -Pause.

3 Car tu l'as prévenu par les bénédictions de ta grâce, Tu as mis sur sa tête une couronne d'or pur.

4 Il te demandait la vie, tu la lui as donnée, Une vie longue pour toujours et à perpétuité.

5 Sa gloire est grande à cause de ton secours; Tu places sur lui l'éclat et la magnificence.

6 Tu le rends à jamais un objet de bénédictions, Tu le combles de joie devant ta face.

7 Le roi se confie en l'Eternel; Et, par la bonté du Très-Haut, il ne chancelle pas.

8 Ta main trouvera tous tes ennemis, Ta droite trouvera ceux qui te haïssent.

9 Tu les rendras tels qu'une fournaise ardente, Le jour où tu te montreras; L'Eternel les anéantira dans sa colère, Et le feu les dévorera.

10 Tu feras disparaître leur postérité de la terre, Et leur race du milieu des fils de l'homme.

11 Ils ont projeté du mal contre toi, Ils ont conçu de mauvais desseins, mais ils seront impuissants.

12 Car tu leur feras tourner le dos, Et avec ton arc tu tireras sur eux.

Psaume 21:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. This psalm was either written by David; and therefore called a "psalm of David"; or it was written, as it may be rendered, "for David," by some other person, on account of his victories and triumphs; or rather "concerning David" {s}; that is, concerning the Messiah, the son of David, as Kimchi says some expound it; or concerning the Messiah, who is called David, Ezekiel 37:24; and Jarchi observes, that their Rabbins interpret it of the Messiah; but, says he, it is right to explain it, moreover, of David himself, for an answer to the heretics (Christians) who err in it; and various passages in this psalm are by the Jewish writers understood of the Messiah; as "the King," in Psalm 20:1 is in the Targum called the King Messiah; Psalm 21:4 is in the Talmud applied {t} to him; Psalm 21:3 are in Zohar {u}, and in the Midrashes {w}, interpreted of him; and many Christian writers understand the whole of him; which is right: though Theodoret thinks it was penned on the account of the health of King Hezekiah, and his restoration from his disease; which is not likely.

{s} dwdl "pro Davide, vel de Davide," Vatablus. {t} T. Bab. Succah, fol. 52. 1. Vid. Nachman. disput. "cum fratre Paulo," p. 36. Ed. Wagenseil. {u} In Numb. fol. 68. 3. 4. {w} Midrash Tillim apud Viccars. in loc. & in Galatin. l. 3. c. 9. Bemidbar Rabba, fol. 212. 4. & 218. 1.