A psalm written by David for the choir director

21 Yahweh, ◄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.

2 You have given me/him the things that I/he [SYN] desired

and you have not refused to do what I requested you to do.

(Think about that!)

3 In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper.

You placed a gold crown on my/his head.

4 I/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.

5 ◄I am/He is► greatly honored because you have helped me/him to defeat my/his enemies;

you have made me/him famous.

6 You will bless me/him forever,

and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence.

7 Yahweh, 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.

8 You will enable me/him to capture [MTY] all my/his enemies

and all those who hate me/him.

9 When 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.

10 You will remove their children from this earth;

their descendants will all disappear.

11 They planned to harm you,

but what they plan will never succeed.

12 You will cause them to run away [IDM]

by shooting arrows at them.

13 Yahweh, show us that you are very strong!

When you do that, while we sing we will praise you because you are very powerful.