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 chief musician. A psalm of David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in the salvation you provide!

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.

You have given him his heart's desire and have not held back the request of his lips. (Selah)

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 you bring him rich blessings; you placed on his head a crown of purest gold.

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 you for life; you gave it to him; you gave him long days forever 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 because of your victory; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.

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

For you grant him lasting blessings; you make him glad with the joy of your presence.

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 Yahweh; through the covenant faithfulness of the Most High he will not be moved.

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

Your hand will seize all your enemies; your right hand will seize those who hate you.

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.

At the time of your anger, you will burn them up as in a fiery furnace. Yahweh will consume them in his wrath, and the fire will devour them.

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

You will destroy their offspring from the earth and their descendants from among the human race.

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

For they intended evil against you; they conceived a plot with which they will not succeed!

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

For you will turn them back; you will draw your bow before 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.

Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength; we will sing and praise your power.