Psalms 21

1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Yhwh; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in your strength; and in your salvation he shall greatly exult.

2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. (Selah)

You have granted him the desire of his soul, and have not withheld from him the request of his lips. (Pause)

3 For thou puttest before him blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

For you have prevented him with blessings of goodness: you has set upon his head a crown of precious stone.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

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

5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

His glory is great in your salvation: you will crown him with glory and majesty.

6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

For you will give him a blessing for ever and ever: you will gladden him with joy with your countenance.

7 For the king trusteth in Yhwh, 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 Highest he shall not be moved.

8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Let your hand be found by all your enemies: let your right hand find all that hate you.

9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: Yhwh shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

You shall make them as a fiery oven at the time of your presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.

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

You shall destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from [among] the sons of men.

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

For they intended evils against you; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.

12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

For you shall make them [turn their] back in your latter end, you will prepare their face.

13 Be thou exalted, Yhwh, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

Be you exalted, O Lord, in your strength: we will sing and praise your mighty acts.