Psalms 21

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