Psalms 21

1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The King shall reioyce in thy strength, O Lord: yea how greatly shall he reioyce in thy saluation!

To victorie, the salm of Dauid. Lord, the kyng schal be glad in thi vertu; and he schal ful out haue ioye greetli on thin helthe.

2 Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denyed him the request of his lips. (Selah)

Thou hast youe to hym the desire of his herte; and thou hast not defraudid hym of the wille of hise lippis.

3 For thou diddest preuent him with liberall blessings, and didest set a crowne of pure gold vpon his head.

For thou hast bifor come hym in the blessyngis of swetnesse; thou hast set on his heed a coroun of preciouse stoon.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him a long life for euer and euer.

He axide of thee lijf, and thou yauest to hym; the lengthe of daies in to the world, `and in to the world of world.

5 His glory is great in thy saluation: dignitie and honour hast thou laid vpon him.

His glorie is greet in thin helthe; thou schalt putte glorie, and greet fayrnesse on hym.

6 For thou hast set him as blessings for euer: thou hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenance.

For thou schalt yyue hym in to blessing in to the world of world; thou schalt make hym glad in ioye with thi cheer.

7 Because the King trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the most High, he shall not slide.

For the kyng hopith in the Lord; and in the merci of the hiyeste he schal not be moued.

8 Thine hand shall finde out all thine enemies, and thy right hand shall finde out them that hate thee.

Thyn hond be foundun to alle thin enemyes; thi riythond fynde alle hem that haten thee.

9 Thou shalt make them like a fierie ouen in time of thine anger: the Lord shall destroy them in his wrath, and the fire shall deuoure them.

Thou schalt putte hem as a furneis of fier in the tyme of thi cheer; the Lord schal disturble hem in his ire, and fier schal deuoure hem.

10 Their fruite shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seede from the children of men.

Thou schalt leese the fruyt of hem fro erthe; and `thou schalt leese the seed of hem fro the sones of men.

11 For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.

For thei bowiden yuels ayens thee; thei thouyten counseils, whiche thei myyten not stablische.

12 Therefore shalt thou put them aparte, and the strings of thy bowe shalt thou make readie against their faces.

For thou schalt putte hem abac; in thi relifs thou schalt make redi the cheer of hem.

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

Lord, be thou enhaunsid in thi vertu; we schulen synge, and seie opinly thi vertues.