Triumphant Psalm #
Psalm 21:1-6
I. Thanksgiving (1-6) #
A. Answered Prayer (2) #
1. Request #
- James 4:2 “… ye have not, because ye ask not.”
2. Rejoice & offer gratitude! “request of his lips” (2) #
B. Abundant Blessings (3-6) #
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,” (Ephesians 3:20)
- preventest – to go before, precede
1. We ask little “he asked life of thee” (4) #
2. God blesses abundantly! “even length of days” #
3. ABUNDANTLY – 5, not just salvation, (6) “most blessed”, “exceeding glad” #
II. Trust (7-12) #
- (7) “the king trusteth in the LORD” – it is clearly stated and expressed in these next few verses.
God Will:
A. Discover the enemy (8) “find out” #
1. Recognize the enemy #
2. God Knows ALL His enemies! #
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12)
B. Destroy the enemy (9-10) #
1. God’s war (9) #
2. God’s wisdom (10) #
- It is again, God, who knows who is to be destroyed.
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)
C. Dispel the enemy (11-12) #
1. God moves #
2. God’s name #
“The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;” (Psalm 20:1)