Psalms 21

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 For the leader. A psalm of David.	1 [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] Yahweh, the king rejoices in your power; How your saving helpfills him with joy!
2 LORD, the king finds joy in your power; in your victory how greatly he rejoices!	2 You have granted him his heart's desire, not denied him the prayer of his lips.Pause
3 You have granted him his heart's desire; you did not refuse the prayer of his lips. Selah	3 For you come to meet him with blessings of prosperity, put 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 has asked for life, you have given it him, length of days for ever and ever.
5 He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever.	5 Great his glory through your saving help; you invest him with splendour and majesty.
6 Great is his glory in your victory; majesty and splendor you confer upon him.	6 You confer on him everlasting blessings, you gladden him with the joy of your presence.
7 You make him the pattern of blessings forever, you gladden him with the joy of your presence.	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 trusts in the LORD, stands firm through the love of the Most High.	8 Your hand wil reach all your enemies, your right hand al who hate you.
9 Your hand will reach all your enemies; your right hand will reach your foes!	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 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 You wil purge the earth of their descendants, the human race of their posterity.
11 Even their descendants you will wipe out from the earth, their offspring from the human race.	11 They have devised evil against you but, plot as they may, they will not succeed,
12 Though they intend evil against you, devising plots, they will not succeed,	12 since you will make them turn tail, by shooting your arrows in their faces.
13 For you will put them to flight; you will aim at them with your bow.	13 Rise, Yahweh, in your power! We wil sing and make music in honour of your strength.
14 Arise, LORD, in your power! We will sing and chant the praise of your might.