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His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Psalms 21:5 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.
  • BSB Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
  • NKJV His glory is great in Your salvation; Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
  • NASB His glory is great through Your salvation, Splendor and majesty You place upon him.
  • NLT Your victory brings him great honor, and you have clothed him with splendor and majesty.

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Quick answer

The king's glory is great because of God's salvation, and God lays honor and majesty on him. His exaltation comes from the Lord.

Overview

The king's renown flows from the deliverance God provided; God himself bestows splendor and majesty upon him. This is glory received, not self-generated. The honor and majesty laid on God's king ultimately describe the exalted Christ, on whom the Father has bestowed glory and majesty above every name (Phil 2:9-11).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • Rev 5:8–13And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
  • Heb 8:1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
  • John 17:22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
  • Eph 1:20–22Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
  • 2 Sam 7:8–9Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
  • Ps 110:1The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  • Isa 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
  • John 17:1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
  • Ps 96:6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
  • Ps 3:3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
  • 1 Chr 17:11–15And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
  • John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
  • 1 Chr 17:27Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
  • Ps 8:5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
  • Isa 49:5–7And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
  • 2 Sam 7:19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
  • Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
  • Ps 62:7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
  • Phil 2:9–11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • John 13:31–32Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 21:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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