Psalms 21

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

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

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

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

3For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

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

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

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

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.

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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