Psalms 21

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

1Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.

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.

2O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.

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.

3O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.

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.

4But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.

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.

5In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.

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.

6They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

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.

7But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.

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.

8All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.

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.

9He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.

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.

10For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my hope from the breasts of my mother.

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,

11I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou art my God,

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.

12Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.

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!

13Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.

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

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14They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.

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15I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

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16My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.

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17For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.

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18They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.

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19They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.

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20But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.

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21Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.

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22Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.

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23I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.

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24Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.

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25Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.

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26With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.

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27The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.

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28All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.

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29For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over the nations.

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30All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.

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31And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.

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32There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.

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