< Psalms 21 >
1 The king shall joy in your strength, O LORD; and in your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
2 You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. (Selah)
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.
3 For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head.
For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
4 He asked life of you, and you gave it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid on him.
Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
6 For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding glad with your countenance.
For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
8 Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you.
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
9 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.
You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
10 Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
11 For they intended evil against you: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
12 Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against the face of them.
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
13 Be you exalted, LORD, in your own strength: so will we sing and praise your power.
Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.