Psalms Chapter 21

Psalms

Psalms

21
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The psalmist praises the Lord for his faithfulness and asks that he may be granted a crown of righteousness and a throne of honor. He also declares that the Lord will keep the righteous and will not let them perish.

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