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Psalms 20
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1(21) For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in your strength; and in your salvation he shall greatly exult.
1The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2You have granted him the desire of his soul, and have not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.
2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3For you have prevented him with blessings of goodness: you have set upon his head a crown of precious stone.
3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4He asked life of you, and you gave himlength of days for ever and ever.
4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
5His glory is great in your salvation: you will crown him with glory and majesty .
5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6For you will give him a blessing for ever and ever: you will gladden him with joy with your countenance.
6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.
7For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8Let your hand be found by all your enemies: let your right hand find all that hate you.
8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9You shall make them as a fiery oven at the time of your presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.
9Thou 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.
10You shall destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from [among] the sons of men.
10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11For they intended evils against you; they imagined a devicewhich they shall by no means be able to perform.
11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12For you shall make them [turn their] back in your latter end, you will prepare their face .
12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13Be you exalted, O Lord, in your strength: we will sing and praise your mighty acts.
13Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.