Psalm 21:3 You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

English Standard Version
For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

New American Standard Bible
For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

King James Bible
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For You meet him with rich blessings; You place a crown of pure gold on his head.

International Standard Version
You go before him with wonderful blessings, and put a crown of fine gold on his head.

American Standard Version
For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

Darby Bible Translation
For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

Young's Literal Translation
For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

Cross References

Revelation 14:14
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and on the cloud one sat like to the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

2 Samuel 12:30
And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

Psalm 59:10
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire on my enemies.

Psalm 79:8
O remember not against us former iniquities: let your tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

Psalm 132:18
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but on himself shall his crown flourish.

Zechariah 6:11
Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

21:1-6 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 kingdom, and trusts God to support him in all he does for the service of it. All our blessings are blessings of goodness, and are owing, not to any merit of ours, but only to God's goodness. But when God's blessings come sooner, and prove richer than we imagine; when they are given before we prayed for them, before we were ready for them, nay, when we feared the contrary; then it may be truly said that he prevented, or went before us, with them. Nothing indeed prevented, or went before Christ, but to mankind never was any favour more preventing than our redemption by Christ. Thou hast made him to be a universal, everlasting blessing to the world, in whom the families of the earth are, and shall be blessed; and so thou hast made him exceeding glad with the countenance thou hast given to his undertaking, and to him in the prosecution of it. The Spirit of prophecy rises from what related to the king, to that which is peculiar to Christ; none other is blessed for ever, much less a blessing for ever.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. preventest—literally, "to meet here in good sense," or "friendship" (Ps 59:10; compare opposite, Ps 17:13).

blessings of goodness—which confer happiness.

crown of pure gold—a figure for the highest royal prosperity.