² You have granted him his heart’s desire^(C)
    and have not withheld the request of his lips.^[b]
3 You came to greet him with rich blessings
    and placed a crown of pure gold^(D) on his head.^(E)
4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
    length of days, for ever and ever.^(F)
5 Through the victories^(G) you gave, his glory is great;
    you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.^(H)
6 Surely you have granted him unending blessings
    and made him glad with the joy^(I) of your presence.^(J)
7 For the king trusts in the Lord;^(K)
    through the unfailing love^(L) of the Most High^(M)
    he will not be shaken.^(N)

⁸ Your hand will lay hold^(O) on all your enemies;
    your right hand will seize your foes.
⁹ When you appear for battle,
    you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
    and his fire will consume them.^(P)
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.^(Q)
11 Though they plot evil^(R) against you
    and devise wicked schemes,^(S) they cannot succeed.
¹² You will make them turn their backs^(T)
    when you aim at them with drawn bow.

¹³ Be exalted^(U) in your strength, Lord;^(V)
    we will sing and praise your might.

¹⁴ Do not be afraid,^(A) you worm^(B) Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help^(C) you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer,^(D) the Holy One^(E) of Israel.
¹⁵ “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,^(F)
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains^(G) and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.^(H)
16 You will winnow^(I) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale^(J) will blow them away.^(K)
But you will rejoice^(L) in the Lord
    and glory^(M) in the Holy One^(N) of Israel.

¹⁷ “The poor and needy search for water,^(O)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.^(P)
But I the Lord will answer^(Q) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake^(R) them.
¹⁸ I will make rivers flow^(S) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(T) into pools of water,^(U)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(V)
19 I will put in the desert^(W)
    the cedar and the acacia,^(X) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers^(Y) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress^(Z) together,^(AA)
20 so that people may see and know,^(AB)
    may consider and understand,^(AC)
that the hand^(AD) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One^(AE) of Israel has created^(AF) it.

“Those who were not told about him will see,
    and those who have not heard will understand.”^[a](Q)