¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

² Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

³ For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

⁴ He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it to him, even length of days for ever and ever.

⁵ His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

⁶ For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.¹²

1. made him most...: Heb. set him to be blessings
2. made him exceeding...: Heb. make him glad with joy

⁷ For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

⁸ Thy hand shall find out all thy enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

⁹ Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thy anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

¹⁰ Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

¹¹ For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform .

¹² Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thy arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.¹²

1. shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt
2. back: Heb. shoulder

¹³ Be thou exalted, LORD, in thy own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.