Psalm 20–21

Psalm 20

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

¹Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble;

The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;

²Send thee help from the sanctuary,

And strengthen thee out of Zion;

³Remember all thy offerings,

And accept thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah

⁴Grant thee thy heart’s desire,

And fulfil all thy counsel.

⁵We will triumph in thy salvation,

And in the name of our God we will set up our banners:

Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions.

⁶Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed;

He will answer him from his holy heaven

With the saving strength of his right hand.

⁷Some trust in chariots, and some in horses;

But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.

⁸They are bowed down and fallen;

But we are risen, and stand upright.

⁹Save, Jehovah:

Let the King answer us when we call.

Psalm 21

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

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

And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

²Thou hast given him his heart’s desire,

And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah

³For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness:

Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

⁴He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him,

Even length of days for ever and ever.

⁵His glory is great in thy salvation:

Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him.

⁶For thou makest him most blessed for ever:

Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

⁷For the king trusteth in Jehovah;

And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

⁸Thy hand will find out all thine enemies;

Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.

⁹Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger:

Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath,

And the fire shall devour them.

¹⁰Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth,

And their seed from among the children of men.

¹¹For they intended evil against thee;

They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

¹²For thou wilt make them turn their back;

Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

¹³Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength:

So will we sing and praise thy power.