Psalm 21:4 {20:5}
Good News Translation
He asked for life, and you gave it, a long and lasting life.

New Revised Standard Version
He asked you for life; you gave it to him— length of days forever and ever.

Contemporary English Version
He asked to live a long time, and you promised him life that never ends.

New American Bible
He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

asked

Psalm 13:3 How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

Psalm 16:10,11 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption. . . .

Psalm 61:5,6 For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name. . . .

Psalm 119:77,175 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation. . . .

length

Psalm 72:17 Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.

Psalm 89:29,36,37 And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven. . . .

Psalm 91:16 I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.

Revelation 1:18 And alive, and was dead. And behold I am living for ever and ever and have the keys of death and of hell.

Context
After the Battle
3For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. 4He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.5His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.…
Cross References
Psalm 61:6
Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation.

Psalm 91:16
I will fill him with length of days; and I will shew him my salvation.

Psalm 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore.

Isaiah 65:22
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of my people, and the works of their hands shall be of long continuance.

Daniel 2:23
To thee, O God of our fathers, I give thanks, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me wisdom and strength: and now thou hast shewn me what we desired of thee, for thou hast made known to us the king's discourse.

Psalm 21:3
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