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!

Unto the end. A psalm for David. In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.

2 You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

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 sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

4 He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.

He asked life of thee: and thou hast given 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: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.

6 For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness 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 hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High 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 thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them 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 an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.

10 You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their seed from among the children of men.

11 Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

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 remnants thou shalt 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 own strength: we will sing and praise thy power.