6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
6 Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.
6 For you make him most blessed forever;
6 You pile blessings on him; you make him glad when you smile.
6 For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
6 You have endowed him with eternal blessings and given him the joy of your presence.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
12 Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.
12 But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
12 You know me inside and out, you hold me together, you never fail to stand me tall in your presence so I can look you in the eye.
12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever.
12 You have preserved my life because I am innocent; you have brought me into your presence forever.
(Read Psalm 41:5-13)
We complain, and justly, of the want of sincerity, and that there is scarcely any true friendship to be found among men; but the former days were no better. One particularly, in whom David had reposed great confidence, took part with his enemies. And let us not think it strange, if we receive evil from those we suppose to be friends. Have not we ourselves thus broken our words toward God? We eat of his bread daily, yet lift up the heel against him. But though we may not take pleasure in the fall of our enemies, we may take pleasure in the making vain their designs. When we can discern the Lord's favour in any mercy, personal or public, that doubles it. If the grace of God did not take constant care of us, we should not be upheld. But let us, while on earth, give heartfelt assent to those praises which the redeemed on earth and in heaven render to their God and Saviour.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 21:6
Commentary on Psalm 21:1-6
(Read Psalm 21:1-6)
Happy the people whose king makes God's strength his confidence, and God's salvation his joy; who is pleased with all the advancements of God kingdom, and trusts God to support him in all he does for the service of it. All our blessings are blessings of goodness, and are owing, not to any merit of ours, but only to God's goodness. But when God's blessings come sooner, and prove richer than we imagine; when they are given before we prayed for them, before we were ready for them, nay, when we feared the contrary; then it may be truly said that he prevented, or went before us, with them. Nothing indeed prevented, or went before Christ, but to mankind never was any favour more preventing than our redemption by Christ. Thou hast made him to be a universal, everlasting blessing to the world, in whom the families of the earth are, and shall be blessed; and so thou hast made him exceeding glad with the countenance thou hast given to his undertaking, and to him in the prosecution of it. The Spirit of prophecy rises from what related to the king, to that which is peculiar to Christ; none other is blessed for ever, much less a blessing for ever.