Psalms 21
Theme: Praising God after victory in battle. When God answers our prayers for victory, we must quickly and openly thank him for his help.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! +
2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. +
3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. +
5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. +
6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. +
8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. +
9Thou 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. +
10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. +
12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. +
13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. +