Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
- BSB You are my King, O God, who ordains victories 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 74:12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- Ps 42:8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
- Ps 89:18For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
- Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
- Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- Mark 1:31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
- Isa 33:22For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
- Mark 1:41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
- Mark 1:25–26And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and 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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