You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
- KJV Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
- NKJV You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.
- NASB ¶You are my King, God; Command victories for Jacob.
- NLT You are my King and my God. You command victories for Israel.
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Quick answer
The psalmist confesses God as his King and asks Him to command victories for His people. It matters because true triumph comes only by the King's decree.
Overview
Shifting to personal address, the psalmist names God as King and pleads for ongoing deliverance for Jacob. Victory is something God commands, not something earned. This kingship looks ahead to Christ, the King who secures decisive victory over sin and death for His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 74:12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
- Ps 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Ps 89:18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
- Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
- Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
- Mark 1:31So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
- Isa 33:22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
- Mark 1:41Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
- Mark 1:25–26But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of 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.
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