Psalms 21

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