Psalm 21:13
13 Be thou exalted, [ruwm] LORD, [Yahovah] in thine
own strength: [`oz] so will we sing [shiyr] and praise [zamar] thy
power. [gabuwrah] KJV-Interlinear
13 Be
Thou exalted, O Lord, in Thy strength; We will sing and praise Thy power. NASB
At the beginning of this
psalm, we know that true joy and happiness comes from the source of God.
And at the close of this
psalm, we are taught that it is the strength of God to which we will acquire
our joy and happiness.
Exaltation, ‘ruwm,’ means
to raise up, to rise, to extol, to hold up in high regard. And exhalation comes as a result of a victory
over adversity or enemies or anything that is in opposition.
The ultimate enemy of
truth is evil, lies, anything that deceives.
And anything that is not truth is a deception of some sort.
And here, Gods victory is
stated as a matter of fact, not a matter of hopeful wishing, not a possibility that
might occur, but is stated as though it has already occurred.
That victory, over all
that is evil, results in God being elevated, not in Gods eyes or mind, but in
the minds of all of creation.
God accomplishes victory
and we will witness it.
Strength, ‘oz,’ means
force, security, majesty, boldness, and so forth. This then lends itself to the entirety of
Gods essence. So, by means of Gods
ability, God and God alone, accomplishes victory over evil. And as a result of that victory, then peace
and security and prosperity, and therefore happiness result for us.
We will never find happiness
in the things of this world. None of us
will live long enough on this planet.
Give us a few decades and then we are out. All things are left behind.
Then in the next life we
need to be prepared for that next life, in order to enjoy its infinite
benefits. Thus the strength of God.
Gods strength comes into
us through His word. And we gain access
to that word by means of learning.
Gods strength originates
from within Him.
We gain the benefit of
His strength, by means of our adherence to His will and plan.
Reject Christ and there
is the Lake of Fire. No divine strength
for us there.
Reject doctrine after
salvation and lose eternal reward. No
divine strength for us there, but certainly infinitely more than the Lake of
Fire.
Pursue doctrine and your
spiritual advancement to maturity, and there is the ultimate access to Gods
strength, eternal reward, and all that God has done for us to that end, which
again is infinitely more than no reward.
