Psalms 21

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

Unto the end. A psalm for David. In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.

2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. (Selah)

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

3 For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head.

For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

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

He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

5 His glory is great in your salvation: honour and majesty have you laid upon him.

His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.

6 For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding glad with your countenance.

For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.

7 For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

8 your hand shall find out all of your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you.

Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.

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.

Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.

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

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

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

For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

12 Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows upon your strings against the face of them.

For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.

13 Be you exalted, LORD, in your own strength: so will we sing and praise your power.

Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing and praise thy power.