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 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 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 denied 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.

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

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

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

5 Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.

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

6 For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him 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 devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

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

8 Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

Thy hand shall overtake all thine enemies; Thy right hand shall overtake 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 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 wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.

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

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

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

12 For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

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

13 Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.

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