Psalm 21

Domine in virtute tua

  1. The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord : exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.
  2. Thou hast given him his heart’s desire : and hast not denied him the request of his lips.
  3. For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness : and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
  4. He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life : even for ever and ever.
  5. His honour is great in thy salvation : glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him.
  6. For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity : and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.
  7. And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord : and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry.
  8. All thine enemies shall feel thy hand : thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee.
  9. Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath : the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.
  10. Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth : and their seed from among the children of men.
  11. For they intended mischief against thee : and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.
  12. Therefore shalt thou put them to flight : and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.
  13. Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength : so will we sing, and praise thy power.
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