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Psalms 20
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
For the end, a Psalm of David.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy strength; and in thy salvation he shall greatly exult.
21:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.
21:2
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou hast set upon his head a crown of precious stone.
21:3
For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever.
21:4
He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
His glory is great in thy salvation: thou wilt crown him with glory and majesty.
21:5
Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.
21:6
For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.
21:7
For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
Let thy hand be found by all thine enemies: let thy right hand find all that hate thee.
21:8
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.
21:9
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.
Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from [among] the sons of men.
21:10
You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.
21:11
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
For thou shalt make them [turn their] back in thy latter end, thou wilt prepare their face.
21:12
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: we will sing and praise thy mighty acts.
21:13
Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.