Psalms 21

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 For the leader. A psalm of David.	1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 LORD, the king finds joy in your power; in your victory how greatly he rejoices!	2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 You have granted him his heart's desire; you did not refuse the prayer of his lips. Selah	3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 For you welcomed him with goodly blessings; you placed on his head a crown of pure gold.	4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
5 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever.	5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 Great is his glory in your victory; majesty and splendor you confer upon him.	6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 You make him the pattern of blessings forever, you gladden him with the joy of your presence.	7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 For the king trusts in the LORD, stands firm through the love of the Most High.	8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9 Your hand will reach all your enemies; your right hand will reach your foes!	9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10 At the time of your coming you will drive them into a furnace. Then the LORD'S anger will consume them, devour them with fire.	10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11 Even their descendants you will wipe out from the earth, their offspring from the human race.	11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12 Though they intend evil against you, devising plots, they will not succeed,	12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13 For you will put them to flight; you will aim at them with your bow.	13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
14 Arise, LORD, in your power! We will sing and chant the praise of your might.