Psalms 21

1 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].

For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy strength; and in thy salvation he shall greatly exult.

2 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.

Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. (Pause)

3 In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper. You placed a gold crown on my/his head.

For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou has set upon his head a crown of precious stone.

4 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.

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

5 (I am/He is) greatly honored because you have helped me/him to defeat my/his enemies; you have made me/him famous.

His glory is great in thy salvation: thou wilt crown him with glory and majesty.

6 You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.

For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.

7 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.

For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.

8 You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemies and all those who hate me/him.

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

9 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.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.

10 You will remove their children from this earth; their descendants will all disappear.

Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from [among] the sons of men.

11 They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed.

For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.

12 You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.

For thou shalt make them [turn their] back in thy latter end, thou wilt prepare their face.

13 Yahweh, show us that you are very strong! When you do that, while we sing we will praise you because you are very powerful.

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