Psalms 21 — T4T
A psalm written by David for the choir director
21Verse 1Yahweh, ◄I, your king am glad/the king is glad► because you have caused me/him to be strong.◄I rejoice/he rejoices► greatly because you have rescued me/him from my/his enemies.Verse 2You have given me/him the things that I/he [SYN] desiredand you have not refused to do what I requested you to do.(Think about that!)Verse 3In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper.You placed a gold crown on my/his head.Verse 4I/He asked you to enable me/him to live for a long time,and that is what you gave me/him, a very long [HYP] life.Verse 5◄I am/He is► greatly honored because you have helped me/him to defeat my/his enemies;you have made me/him famous.Verse 6You will bless me/him forever,and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.Verse 7Yahweh, you are God Almighty,and ◄I trust/the king trusts► in you.Because you faithfully love me/him,disastrous things will never happen to me/him.Verse 8You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemiesand all those who hate me/him.Verse 9When you appear, you will throw them into a fiery furnace.Because you are angry with them, you will get rid of them;the fire will burn them up.Verse 10You will remove their children from this earth;their descendants will all disappear.Verse 11They planned to harm you,but what they plan will never succeed.Verse 12You will cause them to run away [IDM]by shooting arrows at them.Verse 13Yahweh, show us that you are very strong!When you do that, while we sing we will praise you because you are very powerful.