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!

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

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 withheld the request of his lips. (Selah)

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

For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness: thou hast set a crown of pure gold on 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, [and] thou gavest [it] to him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.

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

His glory [is] great in thy salvation: 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.

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with 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 mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

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

Thy hand shall find out all thy enemies: thy right hand shall find out those 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 shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thy anger: the LORD 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 fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

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

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

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

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thy arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.

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

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thy own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.