Psalms 21

1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.

【頌賜勝利的天主】 達味詩歌，交與樂官。 上主，君王因你的威能而欣喜，因你的救助狂歡而快樂無比。

2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. (Selah)

你滿全了他心中的渴想，沒有拒絕他口中的盼望。

3 For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

因為你已賜給了他卓越的福寵，以純金的冠冕加在他的頭頂；

4 He asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, length of days for ever and ever.

他雖只向你乞求確保性命，你卻賜給他萬世無疆的長生。

5 His glory is great through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon him.

你協助他獲得偉大的光榮，你加給他無比的榮耀與尊崇；

6 For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.

你使他成為萬世的福源，使他在你面前踴躍喜歡。

7 For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

君王既已全心對上主信賴，憑至高者的慈愛不再移改。

8 Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

願你的手將你的一切仇敵搜羅，願你的右手將憎恨你的人捕捉！

9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:

當你顥示你尊容的時候，處置他們有如放在火爐；願上主以震怒消滅他們，讓火焰也盡情吞滅他們！

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

願你從地上滅盡他們的子女，使他們的後裔全絕跡於人世！

11 For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

他們雖為陷害你而設計，策畫的陰謀卻無濟於事；

12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face.

因為你朝他們張弓搭箭，已使他們嚇得轉身逃竄。

13 Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.

上主，請起來，顯示你的英勇，讓我們歌頌稱揚你的威能。