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 leader of the music. A psalm of David.” The king rejoiceth in thy strength, O LORD! Yea, he doth greatly exult in thy protection.
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 denied 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.
Yea, thou hast met him with rich blessings, Thou hast placed a crown of pure gold upon his head.
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; thou gavest it him; Even long life, enduring for 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.
Great is his glory through thine aid; Honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.
Thou hast made him blessed for evermore; Thou hast made him glad with the joy of 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 trusteth in the LORD; And through the goodness of the Most High he shall never fall.
8 You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemies and all those who hate me/him.
Thy hand shall overtake all thine enemies; Thy right hand shall overtake 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 wilt make them like a burning oven in the time of thine anger; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
10 You will remove their children from this earth; their descendants will all disappear.
Their offspring shalt thou destroy from the earth, And their posterity from the sons of men.
11 They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed.
For they spread a net of mischief against thee; They devised plots against thee, but they did not prevail.
12 You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.
Therefore thou wilt cause them to turn their backs; Thou wilt make ready thine arrows upon the strings against them.
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.
Exalt thyself, O LORD! by thy strength! So will we sing, and praise thy mighty deeds.
