Psalms 21

1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah. And in thy salvation how greatly he shall rejoice!

Yahweh, ([I], your king am glad/the king is glad) because you have caused me/him to be strong. (I rejoice/he rejoices) greatly because you have rescued me/him [from my/his enemies].

2 Thou have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. (Selah)

You have given me/him the things that I/he [SYN] desired and you have not refused to do what I requested you to do.

3 For thou meet him with the blessings of goodness. Thou set a crown of fine gold on his head.

In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper. You placed a gold crown on my/his head.

4 He asked life from thee. Thou gave it him, even length of days forever and ever.

I/He asked you to enable me/him to live [for a long time], and that is what you gave me/him, a very long [HYP] life.

5 His glory is great in thy salvation. Honor and majesty thou do lay upon him.

(I am/He is) greatly honored because you have helped me/him to defeat my/his enemies; you have made me/him famous.

6 For thou make him most blessed forever. Thou make him glad with joy in thy presence.

You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.

7 For the king trusts in Jehovah. And through the loving kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

Yahweh, you are God Almighty, and (I trust/the king trusts) in you. Because you faithfully love me/him, disastrous things will never happen to me/him.

8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies. Thy right hand will find out those who hate thee.

You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemies and all those who hate me/him.

9 Thou will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger. Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

When you appear, you will throw them into a fiery furnace. Because you are angry [with them], you will get rid of them; the fire will burn them up.

10 Thou will destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from among the sons of men.

You will remove their children from this earth; their descendants will all disappear.

11 For they intended evil against thee. They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed.

12 For thou will make them turn their back. Thou will make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.

13 Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength. We will sing and praise thy power.

Yahweh, show us that you are very strong! When you do that, while we sing we will praise you because you are very powerful.