Psalm 20-21

Revised Geneva Translation

20 The LORD hear you on the day of trouble. The Name of the God of Jacob defend you;

² send you help from the Sanctuary and strengthen you out of Zion.

³ Let Him remember all your offerings and turn your burnt offerings into ashes. Selah.

⁴ Grant you according to your heart and fulfill all your purpose,

⁵ so that we may rejoice in your salvation—and set up the banner in the Name of our God—when the LORD shall perform all your petitions.

⁶ Now I know that the LORD will help His anointed; and will hear him from His Sanctuary, by the mighty help of His right hand.

⁷ Some trust in chariots, and some in horses. But we will remember the Name of the LORD our God.

⁸ They are brought down and fallen. But we are risen and stand upright.

⁹ Save, LORD! Let the king hear us on the day that we call! To him who excels: A Psalm of David.

21 The king shall rejoice in Your strength, O LORD. Indeed, how greatly shall he rejoice in Your salvation!

² You have given him his heart’s desire and have not denied the request of his lips. Selah.

³ For You meet him with liberal blessings and set a crown of pure gold upon his head.

⁴ He asked life of You, and You gave him a long life forever and ever.

⁵ His glory is great in Your salvation. Dignity and honor You have laid upon him.

⁶ For You have set him as most blessed forever. You have made him glad with the joy of Your countenance.

⁷ Because the king trusts in the LORD, and in the mercy of the Most High, he shall not slide.

⁸ Your hand shall find out all Your enemies. And Your right hand shall find out those who hate You.

⁹ You shall make them like a fiery oven in time of Your anger. The LORD shall destroy them in His wrath. And the fire shall devour them.

¹⁰ You shall destroy their fruit from the Earth, and their seed from the children of men.

¹¹ For they intended evil against You and imagined mischief. But they shall not prevail.

¹² Therefore, You shall make them turn their back. And You shall make ready the strings of Your bow against their faces.

¹³ Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength. So, will we sing and praise Your power. To him who excels upon Aijeleth Hashahar: A Psalm of David.