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Psalms 21:5 Explained in Context

Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.

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Verse 5. His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

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Role in This Section

Psalm 21:5: Within “Thanksgiving for the king's granted victory,” the line “His glory is great in thy salvation” supplies one distinct parallel claim, image, address, or response.

Read It With

  • Psalms 21:1–13
  • Psalms 21:1–13

Read Psalm 21:5 with 21:1–13 and the whole of Psalm 21. Psalm 21:5 adds the distinct poetic line “His glory is great in thy salvation” within “Thanksgiving for the king's granted victory,” where its parallel neighbors determine emphasis and scope. The royal-thanksgiving form, parallel lines, voice, and Book I placement keep the selected line from becoming a contextless slogan.

Why It Needs Context

The line “His glory is great in thy salvation” is a premise, image, address, response, or transition inside Psalms 21:1–13; its parallel neighbors and the movement titled “Thanksgiving for the king's granted victory” must supply the claim before teaching or application.

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Read Psalms 21:1–13 — Thanksgiving for the king's granted victory
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Psalms 21:1–13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 21:1–13

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