Psalm 21

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord;

And ain thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

2  bThou hast given him his heart’s desire,

And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

3  For thou cpreventest him with the blessings of goodness:

Thou dsettest a crown of epure gold on his head.

4  He asked life of thee, and fthou gavest it him,

Even glength of days for ever and ever.

5  His hglory is great in thy salvation:

iHonour and himajesty hast thou jlaid upon him.

6  For thou hast †made him most blessed for ever:

kThou hast †made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

7  For the king trusteth in the Lord,

And through the mercy of the most High lhe shall not be moved.

8  Thine hand shall mfind out all thine enemies:

Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

9  Thou shalt make them nas a fiery oven in the time of thine oanger:

The Lord shall pswallow them up in his wrath, and qthe fire shall devour them.

10  rTheir fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth,

And their seed from among the children of men.

11  For they intended evil against thee:

sThey imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

12  Therefore ||shalt thou make them turn their †back,

When thou shalt tmake ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

13  Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength:

So will we sing and praise thy power.