Psalms 21

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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].

2 You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. (Selah)

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.

3 For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

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

4 He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.

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.

5 His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.

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

6 For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

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

7 For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.

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