Psalms 21

Psalms 21:1

An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word vocabulary) on Psalms 1 to 41

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Peace Psalms 21 Gordon Churchyard Jesus said, “We are going to Jerusalem. There they will kill the son of man. But 3 days later he will come to life again”. (Matthew 20: 18,19) The son of man was a name that Jesus used for himself.  Psalms 21  (This is) a psalm of David for the music leader

v1      LORD, the king is enjoying your power.      He is very happy.      You gave him help to win.

v2 - v5    You gave to him what he really wanted.      You gave to him everything that he asked for.        SELAH      You met him and gave to him such good things:              you put a *crown of the best gold on his head              he wanted to stay alive and you let him              his life will go on, it will never finish              he has great glory because you gave him help to win              you gave to him *honour and he now remains as king

v6      You will always do good things for him.      He is very happy because you are with him.

v7      The king is relying on the LORD.      Because the *Most High is loving and kind, nobody will move the king.

v8      Your hand will find all your enemies.      Your right hand will catch everybody that hates you.

v9      When they see you, you will burn them all.      When you are angry, your fire will destroy them.

v10    You will remove their children from the earth.      They will have no families anywhere.

v11    This is because they planned evil against you.      They had really bad ideas and they did not *work.

v12    You will make them turn their backs to you.      This is because you will shoot your *arrows at their faces.

v13    LORD, you are really strong. You sit on high.      We will sing and praise your power. The story of Psalms 20 and 21 In Psalms 20, the king and his army are going to war. In verses 1-5, the people pray for them. In verses 6-8, the king says that he believes that he will win as God will give him help. Then the people will say, ‘LORD, save the king’. This probably happened in Jerusalem every time that there was a war. It started with David, but other kings after him did it. In Psalms 21, the king and his army come back. They have won the war, so they thanked God. Psalms 21:8-12 is what God will do to his enemies. What Psalms 20 and 21 mean

Psalms 20:1–5: “Trouble” here means “war”. “Jacob” means the “Jews”. God is everywhere, in heaven and earth. The Jews prayed to him on a hill in Jerusalem. They called it Zion. Later they built their temple there. “He will make you strong from Zion”, means “God will give you the help that you ask for”. They also gave God their offerings on the hill Zion

Psalms 20:6–9: The right hand of God here means what God does on earth. Modern armies use guns and planes, not chariots and horses. Christians are like David: they trust in the LORD. “Move the king” (verse 7) means “make the king trust another god”. Psalms 21:1–7: The king came back to Jerusalem. He had won the war. So the King and the people are happy. They can now live in peace.

Psalms 21:8–13: War is very bad for everyone. This is one picture of it. There are many more in the Bible. It says: that God will find all his enemies. He will also punish them (Punish means hurt). There is no peace for these people. People think of God as being high above them. Something to do You will often hear about wars. Pray about them. Ask God to give help to the people that believe in him. If both armies believe in God, ask God:

      to speak to both groups

      to make peace happen

      to save people so that he does not punish them

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This publication is written in EasyEnglish Level A (1200 words).

January 2002

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