1 Vir die musiekleier. 'n Psalm van Dawid.

2 o HERE, die koning is bly oor u sterkte, en hoe baie juig hy oor u hulp!

3 U het hom die wens van sy hart gegee en die begeerte van sy lippe nie geweier nie. Sela.

4 Want U kom hom tegemoet met seëninge van die goeie; op sy hoof sit U 'n kroon van fyn goud.

5 Die lewe het hy van U begeer; U het hom dit gegee: lengte van dae, vir ewig en altyd.

6 Groot is sy eer deur u hulp; majesteit en heerlikheid het U op hom gelê.

7 Want U maak hom baie geseënd vir ewig; U maak hom bly met vreugde by u aangesig.

8 Want die koning vertrou op die HERE, en deur die goedertierenheid van die Allerhoogste sal hy nie wankel nie.

9 U hand sal al u vyande vind; u regterhand sal u haters vind.

10 U sal hulle maak soos 'n vurige oond as U verskyn; die HERE sal hulle verslind in sy toorn, en vuur sal hulle verteer.

11 U sal hulle vrug van die aarde af verdelg en hulle nageslag van die mensekinders af weg.

12 Want hulle het U met onheil bedreig; hulle het 'n listige plan uitgedink sonder om iets uit te rig.

13 Want U sal hulle dwing om te vlug; met u boogsnare sal u mik op hulle gesig. [ (Psalms 21:14) Verhef U, HERE, in u sterkte; ons wil u heldekrag eer met psalmgesang! ]

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

And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire,

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

3 For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness:

Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

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

Even length of days for ever and ever.

5 His glory is great in thy salvation:

Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him.

6 For thou makest him most blessed for ever:

Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

7 For the king trusteth in Jehovah;

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

8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies;

Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.

9 Thou 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.

10 Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth,

And their seed from among the children of men.

11 For they intended evil against thee;

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

12 For thou wilt make them turn their back;

Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

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

So will we sing and praise thy power.