^{1 Ref} To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth.

^{2 Ref} The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

^{3 Ref} For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

^{4 Ref} Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

^{5 Ref} Great `is' his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.

^{6 Ref} For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

^{7 Ref} For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

^{8 Ref} Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters.

^{9 Ref} Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

^{10 Ref} Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.

^{11 Ref} For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

^{12 Ref} For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.

^{13 Ref} Be Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might!

^{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.