After the Battle (Proverbs 21:1–31)
1 WBS To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; 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 WBS Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withheld 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 WBS 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 WBS He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it to him, even 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 WBS His glory is great in thy salvation: honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him. BSB BSB: Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
6 WBS For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. BSB BSB: For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
7 WBS For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy 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 WBS Thy hand shall find out all thy 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 WBS Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thy anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, 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 WBS 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 WBS For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform . BSB BSB: Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
12 WBS Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thy arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. BSB BSB: For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
13 WBS Be thou exalted, LORD, in thy own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. BSB BSB: Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
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