Psaume 21:3-13

3 Tu lui as accordé le désir de son cœur, et ne lui as pas refusé la prière de ses lèvres. (Sélah.)

4 Car tu l'as prévenu par des bénédictions excellentes; tu as mis sur sa tête une couronne d'or fin.

5 Il te demandait la vie; tu la lui as donnée, une longue durée de jours, à perpétuité, à jamais.

6 Sa gloire est grande par ta délivrance; tu le revêts de splendeur et de majesté.

7 Car tu fais de lui l'objet de tes bénédictions pour toujours, tu le combles de joie en ta présence.

8 Le roi met sa confiance en l'Éternel, et par la bonté du Très-Haut, il ne sera point ébranlé.

9 Ta main atteindra tous tes ennemis, ta droite atteindra ceux qui te haïssent.

10 Tu les rendras tels qu'un four ardent, quand tu paraîtras; l'Éternel les engloutira dans sa colère, et le feu les consumera.

11 Tu feras périr leur fruit de dessus la terre, et leur race d'entre les fils des hommes.

12 Car ils ont projeté du mal contre toi; ils ont formé des desseins qu'ils ne pourront exécuter.

13 Car tu les mettras en fuite, tu armeras ton arc contre leur face.

Psaume 21:3-13 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.