< Psalms 21 >
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy strength; and in thy salvation he shall greatly exult.
2 You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.
Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. (Pause)
3 For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou has set upon his head a crown of precious stone.
4 He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever.
5 Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
His glory is great in thy salvation: thou wilt crown him with glory and majesty.
6 For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.
7 For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.
8 Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
Let thy hand be found by all thine enemies: let thy right hand find all that hate thee.
9 You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.
10 You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from [among] the sons of men.
11 Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.
12 For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
For thou shalt make them [turn their] back in thy latter end, thou wilt prepare their face.
13 Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: we will sing and praise thy mighty acts.