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!

Yahweh, ([I], your king am glad/the king is glad) because you have caused me/him to be strong. (I rejoice/he rejoices) greatly because you have rescued me/him [from my/his enemies].

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

You have given me/him the things that I/he [SYN] desired and you have not refused to do what I requested you to do.

3 For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper. You placed a gold crown on my/his head.

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

I/He asked you to enable me/him to live [for a long time], and that is what you gave me/him, a very long [HYP] life.

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

(I am/He is) greatly honored because you have helped me/him to defeat my/his enemies; you have made me/him famous.

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

You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.

7 For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

Yahweh, you are God Almighty, and (I trust/the king trusts) in you. Because you faithfully love me/him, disastrous things will never happen to me/him.

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

You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemies and all those who hate me/him.

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.

When you appear, you will throw them into a fiery furnace. Because you are angry [with them], you will get rid of them; the fire will burn them up.

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

You will remove their children from this earth; their descendants will all disappear.

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

They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed.

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

You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.

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

Yahweh, show us that you are very strong! When you do that, while we sing we will praise you because you are very powerful.