Psalm 21 21 Psalms Book 1 Darby Translation After the Battle (Proverbs 21:1–31)
1 DBY To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
2 DBY Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. BSB BSB: You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
3 DBY For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head. BSB BSB: For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
4 DBY He asked life of thee; thou gavest it him, length of days for ever and ever. BSB BSB: He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
5 DBY His glory is great through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon him. BSB BSB: Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
6 DBY For thou hast made him to be blessings for ever; thou hast filled him with joy by thy countenance. BSB BSB: For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
7 DBY For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved. BSB BSB: For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
8 DBY Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. BSB BSB: Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
9 DBY Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them: BSB BSB: You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
10 DBY Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. BSB BSB: You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
11 DBY For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute. BSB BSB: Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
12 DBY For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face. BSB BSB: For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
13 DBY Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power. BSB BSB: Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
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