Psalm 21

After the Battle

(Proverbs 21:1–31)

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

¹ O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength.

How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

² You have granted his heart’s desire

and have not withheld the request of his lips.

Selah

³ For You welcomed him with rich blessings;

You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.

⁴ He asked You for life, and You granted it—

length of days, forever and ever.

⁵ Great is his glory in Your salvation;

You bestow on him splendor and majesty.

⁶ For You grant him blessings forever;

You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

⁷ For the king trusts in the LORD;

through the loving devotion of the Most High,

he will not be shaken.

⁸ Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies;

Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

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.

¹⁰ You will wipe their descendants from the earth,

and their offspring from the sons of men.

¹¹ Though they intend You harm,

the schemes they devise will not prevail.

¹² For You will put them to flight

when Your bow is trained upon them.

¹³ Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength;

we will sing and praise Your power.