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!
21:1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall have joy in Your strength, O LORD; And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
21:2 You have given him his heart's desire, And have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
21:3 For You meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.

21:4 He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
21:4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him--Length of days forever and ever.

21:5 His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
21:5 His glory is great in Your salvation; Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.

21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
21:6 For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.

21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
21:7 For the king trusts in the LORD, And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.

21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
21:8 Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will find those who hate You.

21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
21:9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger; The LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
21:10 Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth, And their descendants from among the sons of men.

21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
21:11 For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.

21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.
21:12 Therefore You will make them turn their back; You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces.

21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.
21:13 Be exalted, O LORD, in Your own strength! We will sing and praise Your power.