4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him- length of days, for ever and ever.
4 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.
4 He wanted a good life; you gave it to him, and then made it a long life as a bonus.
4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him-- Length of days forever and ever.
4 He asked you to preserve his life, and you granted his request. The days of his life stretch on forever.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 21:4
Commentary on Psalm 21:1-6
(Read Psalm 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.