Psalms 21

1 “To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” O Lord, because of thy strength will the king rejoice; and through thy salvation how greatly will he be glad!

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

2 The longing of his heart hast thou given him, and the request of his lips hast thou not withholden. (Selah)

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

3 For thou meetest him unasked with the blessings of happiness: thou settest on his head a crown of pure gold.

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

4 Life hath he asked of thee, thou gavest it to him, length of days for ever and ever.

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

5 Great is his honor through thy help: glory and majesty thou layest upon him.

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

6 For thou appointest him to be a blessing for ever: thou makest him glad with joy from thy presence.

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

7 For the king trusteth in the Lord; and through the kindness of the Most High shall he not be moved.

For the king trusteth in Yhwh, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

8 Thy hand will reach all thy enemies: thy right hand will reach those that hate thee.

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

9 Thou wilt render them as a fiery oven at the time of thy anger: the Lord in his wrath will destroy them, and a fire will devour them.

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.

10 Their fruit wilt thou cause to perish 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 directed against thee evil: they devised a mischievous purpose, which they were not able to perform.

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

12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; upon thy bow-strings thou wilt make ready [thy arrows] against their face.

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

13 Exalt thyself, O Lord, in thy strength; [and] we will sing and praise thy power.

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