For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever - Margin, as in Hebrew, “set him” to be “blessings.” The expression in our tr…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Most blessed. —Literally, blessings. The idiom is similar to that in Psalms 1:1.

With your countenance.

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenanc…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

For thou hast set him to be blessings for ever. Some explain these words simply this way: that God had chosen David to be king in order to…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For you have made him most blessed for ever
Not as God, for as such he is over all blessed for ever, and not made so; but as m…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. 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…

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