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 Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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.

You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. (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 you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set 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 you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever 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 in your salvation. You lay honour and majesty on him.

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

For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your 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 trusts in the LORD. Through the loving kindness 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.

Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

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.

You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.

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

You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from amongst the children of men.

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

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

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

For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

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 exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.