For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

• ¹The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh!
• How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

• ²You have given him his heart’s desire,
• and have not withheld the request of his lips.

• Selah.

• ³For you meet him with the blessings of goodness.
• You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

• ⁴He asked life of you, you gave it to him,
• even length of days forever and ever.

• ⁵His glory is great in your salvation.
• You lay honor and majesty on him.

• ⁶For you make him most blessed forever.
• You make him glad with joy in your presence.

• ⁷For the king trusts in Yahweh.
• Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

• ⁸Your hand will find out all of your enemies.
• Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

• ⁹You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger.
• Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath.
• The fire shall devour them.

• ¹⁰You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
• their posterity from among the children of men.

• ¹¹For they intended evil against you.
• They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

• ¹²For you will make them turn their back,
• when you aim drawn bows at their face.

• ¹³Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength,
• so we will sing and praise your power.