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.
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 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden 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 thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure 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 asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, length of days 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 through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon 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 thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.
You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.
7 For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall 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 Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemies and all those who hate me/him.
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:
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 shalt thou destroy 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 they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed.
12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face.
You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.
13 Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy 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.
