Psalms 21

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

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

1To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth.

2You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back 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.

2The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

3For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair 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 Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

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

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

4Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him--length of days, Age-during--and for ever.

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

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

5Great <FI>is<Fi> his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.

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

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

6For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

7For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will 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 is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

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

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

8Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters.

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.

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:

9Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

10Their fruit will be cut off 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 from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.

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

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

11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

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

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

12For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.

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

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

13Be Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might!