Psalms 21

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

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

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

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

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

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

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

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

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

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

6 For You make him blessings forever, You cause him to rejoice with joy, By Your countenance.

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

7 For the king is trusting in YHWH, And in the kindness of the Most High he is not moved.

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

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

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

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

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

10 You destroy their fruit from earth, And their seed from the sons of men.

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

11 For they stretched out evil against You, They devised a wicked scheme, they do not prevail,

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

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

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

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

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