# Psalm 21 ## Psalm 21:1 - [KJV] The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! - [ASV] The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! - [YLT] Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth. ### Notes on Psalm 21:1 - ## Psalm 21:2 - [KJV] Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. - [ASV] Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. *Selah* - [YLT] The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 21:2 - ## Psalm 21:3 - [KJV] For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. - [ASV] For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head. - [YLT] For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold. ### Notes on Psalm 21:3 - ## Psalm 21:4 - [KJV] He asked life of thee, *and* thou gavest *it* him, *even* length of days for ever and ever. - [ASV] He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever and ever. - [YLT] Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever. ### Notes on Psalm 21:4 - ## Psalm 21:5 - [KJV] His glory *is* great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. - [ASV] His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him. - [YLT] Great *is* his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him. ### Notes on Psalm 21:5 - ## Psalm 21:6 - [KJV] For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. - [ASV] For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence. - [YLT] For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance. ### Notes on Psalm 21:6 - ## Psalm 21:7 - [KJV] For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. - [ASV] For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved. - [YLT] For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved. ### Notes on Psalm 21:7 - ## Psalm 21:8 - [KJV] Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. - [ASV] Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. - [YLT] Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters. ### Notes on Psalm 21:8 - ## Psalm 21:9 - [KJV] Thou 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. - [ASV] Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them. - [YLT] Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them. ### Notes on Psalm 21:9 - ## Psalm 21:10 - [KJV] Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. - [ASV] Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men. - [YLT] Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men. ### Notes on Psalm 21:10 - ## Psalm 21:11 - [KJV] For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, *which* they are not able *to perform*. - [ASV] For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform. - [YLT] For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not, ### Notes on Psalm 21:11 - ## Psalm 21:12 - [KJV] Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, *when* thou shalt make ready *thine arrows* upon thy strings against the face of them. - [ASV] For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face. - [YLT] For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces. ### Notes on Psalm 21:12 - ## Psalm 21:13 - [KJV] Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: *so* will we sing and praise thy power. - [ASV] Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength: So will we sing and praise thy power. - [YLT] Be Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might! ### Notes on Psalm 21:13 -