Psalms 21:1-2. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
God gave to Jesus the strength needed to accomplish the work which he came to do, and he is daily giving him to see of the travail of his soul that he may be satisfied.
Psalms 21:3. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness:
They go before him, like scouts or forerunners. Wherever Jesus comes, the blessings of goodness fly before him to the sons of men.
Psalms 21:3. Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
Let us crown him afresh tonight with our poor garlands of praise, while God sets a crown of pure gold upon his head.
Psalms 21:4. He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
And because he lives, we shall live also; the Father hath given to him to have life in himself, and hence he communicates of that life to us who believe in him.
Psalms 21:5. His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Heaped it on him. There is no one so worthy of honour as our Lord Jesus is; none are so majestic as the Man of sorrows who once bowed his head to death on his people's behalf.
Psalms 21:6. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
The Father rewards him for all his service: «Thou hast made him most blessed for ever.» We cannot imagine how great is the joy of Christ as his Father smiles upon him: «Thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.»
Psalms 21:7-8. For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies:
Oh, what a wonderful prophecy that is! Christ's hand shall find out all his enemies. If they hide themselves, he shall discover them. If they cover themselves with chain armor, yet still his hand will find out their vulnerable parts, and touch their very souls until they melt with fear: «Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies.» Are there any of these enemies of Christ here tonight? If so, not only will his eye find them out, but his hand will find them out, too.
Psalms 21:8-13. Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shell swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children, of men. For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 20:1. and 21.