Guiding Questions: Psalms 21

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Judging from Psalms 21:2-3, would this appear to be a Psalm of victory?
  2. In Psalms 21:3, what was granted to the king?
  3. With what has the king been blessed according to Psalms 21:4?
  4. And, what is the blessing reflected in Psalms 21:5?
  5. According to Psalms 21:8, why have all these good things come to the king?
  6. Is the “you” in Psalms 21:9 a reference to Divinity or to the king?
  7. Why according to Psalms 21:12 have the enemies been destroyed?
  8. Of whose vigor and strength is the author mandating song and praise (in Psalms 21:14)?

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