Psalmorum 21
1 In finem. Psalmus David. [Domine, in virtute tua lætabitur rex, et super salutare tuum exsultabit vehementer.
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!
2 Desiderium cordis ejus tribuisti ei, et voluntate labiorum ejus non fraudasti eum.
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. (Selah)
3 Quoniam prævenisti eum in benedictionibus dulcedinis; posuisti in capite ejus coronam de lapide pretioso.
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 Vitam petiit a te, et tribuisti ei longitudinem dierum, in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.
He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
5 Magna est gloria ejus in salutari tuo; gloriam et magnum decorem impones super eum.
His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 Quoniam dabis eum in benedictionem in sæculum sæculi; lætificabis eum in gaudio cum vultu tuo.
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 Quoniam rex sperat in Domino, et in misericordia Altissimi non commovebitur.
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Inveniatur manus tua omnibus inimicis tuis; dextera tua inveniat omnes qui te oderunt.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9 Pones eos ut clibanum ignis in tempore vultus tui: Dominus in ira sua conturbabit eos, et devorabit eos ignis.
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.
10 Fructum eorum de terra perdes, et semen eorum a filiis hominum,
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11 quoniam declinaverunt in te mala; cogitaverunt consilia quæ non potuerunt stabilire.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
12 Quoniam pones eos dorsum; in reliquiis tuis præparabis vultum eorum.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.
13 Exaltare, Domine, in virtute tua; cantabimus et psallemus virtutes tuas.]
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.
