Psalms 21

1 Unto the end. A psalm for David. In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.

The king shall joy in your strength, O LORD; and in your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. (Selah)

3 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head.

4 He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

He asked life of you, and you gave it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

5 His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.

His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid on him.

6 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.

For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding glad with your countenance.

7 For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

8 Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.

Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you.

9 Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.

You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

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

Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

11 For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

For they intended evil against you: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

12 For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.

Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing and praise thy power.

Be you exalted, LORD, in your own strength: so will we sing and praise your power.