Psalms 21

1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

1 The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.

1 The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!

2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. [Selah

2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

2You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

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

3 For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

3For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

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

4 He asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, length of days for ever and ever.

4He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

5His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him.

5 His glory is great through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon him.

5His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

6For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

6 For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.

6For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

7For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

7 For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

7For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.

8Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.

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

8Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

9Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:

9You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

10Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men.

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

10Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

11 For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

11For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

12For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face.

12Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

13Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength: So will we sing and praise thy power.

13 Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.

13Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.