Psalms 21
1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Yhwh; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
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 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. (Selah)
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 For thou puttest before him blessings of goodness: thou settest 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 life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever 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 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
(I am/He is) greatly honored because you have helped me/him to defeat my/his enemies; you have made me/him famous.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.
7 For the king trusteth in Yhwh, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
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 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemies and all those who hate me/him.
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.
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 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
You will remove their children from this earth; their descendants will all disappear.
11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed.
12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.
13 Be thou exalted, Yhwh, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy 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.
