1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. 2 \21:1\The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!3 \21:2\You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)4 \21:3\For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.5 \21:4\He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.6 \21:5\His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.7 \21:6\For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.8 \21:7\For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.9 \21:8\Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.10 \21:9\You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.11 \21:10\Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.12 \21:11\For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.13 \21:12\Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.14 \21:13\Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] The king shall joy in thy strength, 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 hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.4 He asked life of thee; thou gavest {it} him, length of days for ever and ever.5 His glory is great through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon him.6 For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance.7 For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.8 Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.11 For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face.13 Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.