Psalms 21

1 Yahweh, ([I], your king am glad/the king is glad) because you have caused me/him to be strong. (I rejoice/he rejoices) greatly because you have rescued me/him [from my/his enemies].

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, in Thy strength the king rejoiceth; and in Thy salvation how greatly doth he exult!

2 You have given me/him the things that I/he [SYN] desired and you have not refused to do what I requested you to do.

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

3 In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper. You placed a gold crown on my/his head.

For Thou meetest him with choicest blessings; Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

4 I/He asked you to enable me/him to live [for a long time], and that is what you gave me/him, a very long [HYP] life.

He asked life of Thee, Thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.

5 (I am/He is) greatly honored because you have helped me/him to defeat my/his enemies; you have made me/him famous.

His glory is great through Thy salvation; honour and majesty dost Thou lay upon him.

6 You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.

For Thou makest him most blessed for ever; Thou makest him glad with joy in Thy presence.

7 Yahweh, you are God Almighty, and (I trust/the king trusts) in you. Because you faithfully love me/him, disastrous things will never happen to me/him.

For the king trusteth in the LORD, yea, in the mercy of the Most High; he shall not be moved.

8 You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemies and all those who hate me/him.

Thy hand shall be equal to all thine enemies; thy right hand shall overtake those that hate thee.

9 When you appear, you will throw them into a fiery furnace. Because you are angry [with them], you will get rid of them; the fire will burn them up.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger; the LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

10 You will remove their children from this earth; their descendants will all disappear.

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

11 They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed.

For they intended evil against thee, they imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail.

12 You will cause them to run away [IDM] by shooting arrows at them.

For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.

13 Yahweh, show us that you are very strong! When you do that, while we sing we will praise you because you are very powerful.

Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in Thy strength; so will we sing and praise Thy power.