^{1 Ref} <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!

^{2 Ref} You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

^{3 Ref} For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

^{4 Ref} He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

^{5 Ref} His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

^{6 Ref} For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

^{7 Ref} For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.

^{8 Ref} Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

^{9 Ref} You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

^{10 Ref} Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

^{11 Ref} For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

^{12 Ref} Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

^{13 Ref} Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

^{1 Ref} The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

^{2 Ref} Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

^{3 Ref} For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

^{4 Ref} He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

^{5 Ref} His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

^{6 Ref} For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

^{7 Ref} For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

^{8 Ref} Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

^{9 Ref} 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.

^{10 Ref} Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

^{11 Ref} For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

^{12 Ref} Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

^{13 Ref} Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

^{1 Ref} > The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

^{2 Ref} You have given him his heart's desire, And have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

^{3 Ref} For you meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

^{4 Ref} He asked life of you, you gave it to him, Even length of days forever and ever.

^{5 Ref} His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.

^{6 Ref} For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

^{7 Ref} For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

^{8 Ref} Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

^{9 Ref} You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.

^{10 Ref} You will destroy their descendants from the earth, Their posterity from among the children of men.

^{11 Ref} For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

^{12 Ref} For you will make them turn their back, When you aim drawn bows at their face.

^{13 Ref} Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, So we will sing and praise your power.