Psalms 21

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

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, the king is joyful in Your strength, How greatly he rejoices in Your salvation.

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

You gave the desire of his heart to him, And You have not withheld the request of his lips. (Selah)

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

For You put blessings of goodness before him, You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

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

He has asked for life from You, You have given length of days to him, For all time and forever.

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

Great [is] his glory in Your salvation, You place splendor and majesty on him.

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

For You make him blessings forever, You cause him to rejoice with joy, By 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 is trusting in YHWH, And in the kindness of the Most High he is not moved.

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

Your hand comes to all Your enemies, Your right hand finds Your haters.

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 make them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Your presence. YHWH swallows them in His anger, And fire devours them.

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

You destroy their fruit from earth, And their seed from 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 stretched out evil against You, They devised a wicked scheme, they do not prevail,

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 make them turn their back, When You prepare Your strings against their faces.

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

Be exalted, O YHWH, in Your strength, We sing and we praise Your might!