Psalms 21

1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight 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 given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah)

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 go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

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 made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever 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 His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

(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 have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

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

7 For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.

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 make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

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

9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

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 Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

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

11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

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

12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

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

13 Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of 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.