Psalms 21

1 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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 Thy hand shall find out all thy enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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