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For you meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
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God's Proactive Blessings
Multiple commentators explain that the original meaning of the phrase 'thou meetest him' (or 'preventest him' in the KJV) is 'to go before' or 'to anticipate.' This shows a God who doesn't just respond to requests but proactively goes ahead of the king, preparing the way with 'blessings of goodness' even before they are asked.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For you prevent him - You go before him; you anticipate him. See (Psalms 17:13, margin). Our word “prevent” is now most…
19th Century
Anglican
You anticipate him — that is, you come to meet him. The word “prevent” is familiar in this sense in the English collect: “Prevent …
Baptist
You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness…
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16th Century
Protestant
For you will anticipate him. The change of tense in the verbs does not break the connection of the discourse. Therefore, I have, without h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness Not temporal, but spiritual blessings, which spring from the grac…
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's kin…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding psalm, a petition was made for the king’s exaltation; here, it is as though the psalmist, having been heard, now announc…
