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].
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 me/him the things that I/he [SYN] desired and you have not refused to do what I requested you to do.
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.
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 sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
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 hast given 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: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.
6 You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.
For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness 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 hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High 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 thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them 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 an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.
10 You will remove their children from this earth; their descendants will all disappear.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their seed from among the children of men.
11 They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed.
For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
12 You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.
For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt 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 own strength: we will sing and praise thy power.
