Psalms 21

Douai-Rheims	New Jerusalem Bible
¹ Unto the end. A psalm for David.	¹ [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Yahweh, the king rejoices in your power; How your saving helpfills him with joy!
² In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.	² You have granted him his heart's desire, not denied him the prayer of his lips.Pause
³ Thou hast given him his heart's desire: end hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.	³ For you come to meet him with blessings of prosperity, put a crown of pure gold on his head.
⁴ For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.	⁴ He has asked for life, you have given it him, length of days for ever and ever.
⁵ He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.	⁵ Great his glory through your saving help; you invest him with splendour and majesty.
⁶ His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him.	⁶ You confer on him everlasting blessings, you gladden him with the joy of your presence.
⁷ For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.	⁷ For the king puts his trust in Yahweh; the faithful love of the Most High wil keep him from fal ing.
⁸ For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.	⁸ Your hand wil reach all your enemies, your right hand al who hate you.
⁹ Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.	⁹ You will hurl them into a blazing furnace on the day when you appear; Yahweh wil engulf them in his anger, and fire wil devour them.
¹⁰ Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.	¹⁰ You wil purge the earth of their descendants, the human race of their posterity.
¹¹ Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their seed from among the children of men.	¹¹ They have devised evil against you but, plot as they may, they will not succeed,
¹² For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.	¹² since you will make them turn tail, by shooting your arrows in their faces.
¹³ For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.	¹³ Rise, Yahweh, in your power! We wil sing and make music in honour of your strength.
¹⁴ Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing and praise thy power.