Psalms 21

1 To victorie, the salm of Dauid. Lord, the kyng schal be glad in thi vertu; and he schal ful out haue ioye greetli on thin helthe.

For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy strength; and in thy salvation he shall greatly exult.

2 Thou hast youe to hym the desire of his herte; and thou hast not defraudid hym of the wille of hise lippis.

Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. (Pause)

3 For thou hast bifor come hym in the blessyngis of swetnesse; thou hast set on his heed a coroun of preciouse stoon.

For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou has set upon his head a crown of precious stone.

4 He axide of thee lijf, and thou yauest to hym; the lengthe of daies in to the world, `and in to the world of world.

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

5 His glorie is greet in thin helthe; thou schalt putte glorie, and greet fayrnesse on hym.

His glory is great in thy salvation: thou wilt crown him with glory and majesty.

6 For thou schalt yyue hym in to blessing in to the world of world; thou schalt make hym glad in ioye with thi cheer.

For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.

7 For the kyng hopith in the Lord; and in the merci of the hiyeste he schal not be moued.

For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.

8 Thyn hond be foundun to alle thin enemyes; thi riythond fynde alle hem that haten thee.

Let thy hand be found by all thine enemies: let thy right hand find all that hate thee.

9 Thou schalt putte hem as a furneis of fier in the tyme of thi cheer; the Lord schal disturble hem in his ire, and fier schal deuoure hem.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.

10 Thou schalt leese the fruyt of hem fro erthe; and `thou schalt leese the seed of hem fro the sones of men.

Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from [among] the sons of men.

11 For thei bowiden yuels ayens thee; thei thouyten counseils, whiche thei myyten not stablische.

For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.

12 For thou schalt putte hem abac; in thi relifs thou schalt make redi the cheer of hem.

For thou shalt make them [turn their] back in thy latter end, thou wilt prepare their face.

13 Lord, be thou enhaunsid in thi vertu; we schulen synge, and seie opinly thi vertues.

Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: we will sing and praise thy mighty acts.