Psalms 21

1 For the music director. A psalm of David. The king celebrates your strength, Lord; he is so happy you made him victorious!

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 gave him everything he wanted; you didn't hold anything back he asked for.

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 You welcomed him on his return with special blessings; you placed 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 you to give him a good life, and you gave him a long life, 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 Your victories brought him great glory; you granted 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 You give him blessings forever. He is full of joy because you are with him.

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; he stands firm because of the trustworthy love of the Most High.

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 You, the king, will find and capture all your enemies; you will seize everyone who hates you.

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

9 When you appear on the scene you will burn them up like in a furnace; the Lord in his anger will destroy them, burning them up with 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 You will wipe out their children from the earth, their descendants from humankind.

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

11 Though they plot evil against you, their malicious schemes will not succeed.

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

12 They will turn and run away when they see your arrows fired at them.

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

13 Rise up, Lord, for you are strong! 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.