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Psalm 21 foretells the supernatural birth of Christ

Psalm 21 foretells the supernatural birth of Christ, in which the Mother of God was virgin before birth, remained virgin during birth and continued to be a virgin after birth.

As the Psalm indicates, God the Father “took” God the Son “out of the womb”. The Psalm does not say that “my mother gave birth to Me” or anything like that, but the Psalm says “For Thou are He that took me out of the womb”.

Who can “He” be that “took Me out of the womb”?

The Psalm then continues with other verses which make it clear that it refers to Christ Himself, as indicated in other parts of the scriptures as being one of the prophecies being fulfiled:

“They have parted my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.”

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