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Psalms 21
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1For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David.
1The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.
2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear: and by night, and [it shall] not [be accounted] for folly to me.
3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4But thou , the praise of Israel, dwellest in a sanctuary.
4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
5Our fathers hoped in thee; they hoped, and thou didst deliver them.
5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6They cried to thee, and were saved: they hoped in thee, and were not ashamed.
6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.
7For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with [their] lips, they shook the head, [saying],
8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.
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.
10For thou art he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's breasts.
10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11I was cast on thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.
12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round.
13Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.