Psalms 21

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” The king rejoiceth in thy strength, O LORD! Yea, he doth greatly exult in thy protection.

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

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not denied him the request of his lips. (Pause)

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

Yea, thou hast met him with rich blessings, Thou hast placed a crown of pure gold upon his head.

4 He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

He asked life of thee; thou gavest it him; Even long life, enduring for ever.

5 His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.

Great is his glory through thine aid; Honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

6 For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

Thou hast made him blessed for evermore; Thou hast made him glad with the joy of thy countenance.

7 For the king trusts in the LORD. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

For the king trusteth in the LORD; And through the goodness of the Most High he shall never fall.

8 Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

Thy hand shall overtake all thine enemies; Thy right hand shall overtake them that hate thee.

9 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.

Thou wilt make them like a burning oven in the time of thine anger; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.

Their offspring shalt thou destroy from the earth, And their posterity from the sons of men.

11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

For they spread a net of mischief against thee; They devised plots against thee, but they did not prevail.

12 For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

Therefore thou wilt cause them to turn their backs; Thou wilt make ready thine arrows upon the strings against them.

13 Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

Exalt thyself, O LORD! by thy strength! So will we sing, and praise thy mighty deeds.