Psalm 21
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| Verse | BSB | KJV | WEB | ASV |
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| 1 | O Lord, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation! | The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! | The king rejoices in your strength, Lord! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation! | The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! |
| 2 | You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah | Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. | You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. | Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. [Selah |
| 3 | For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold. | For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. | For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head. | For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head. |
| 4 | He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever. | He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. | He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever. | He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever. |
| 5 | Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty. | His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. | His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him. | His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him. |
| 6 | For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence. | For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. | For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence. | For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence. |
| 7 | For the king trusts in the Lord; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken. | For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. | For the king trusts in the Lord. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved. | For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved. |
| 8 | Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. | Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. | Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you. | Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. |
| 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 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. | You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them. | Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them. |
| 10 | You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men. | Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. | You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men. | Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men. |
| 11 | Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. | For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. | For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed. | For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform. |
| 12 | For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them. | Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. | For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face. | For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face. |
| 13 | Be exalted, O Lord, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power. | Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. | Be exalted, Lord, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power. | Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength: So will we sing and praise thy power. |