1 Til sangmesteren; en salme av David.
2 Herre! Kongen gleder sig over din makt, og hvor høit han fryder sig ved din frelse!
3 Hvad hans hjerte ønsket, har du gitt ham, og hvad hans leber bad om, har du ikke nektet ham. Sela.
4 For du kom ham i møte med velsignelse og lykke, du satte en krone av gull på hans hode.
5 Han bad dig om liv; du gav ham det, et langt liv evindelig og alltid.
6 Stor er hans ære ved din frelse; høihet og herlighet legger du på ham.
7 For du setter ham til velsignelse evindelig, du fryder ham med glede for ditt åsyn.
8 For kongen setter sin lit til Herren, og ved den Høiestes miskunnhet skal han ikke rokkes.
9 Din hånd skal finne alle dine fiender, din høire hånd skal finne dine avindsmenn.
10 Du skal gjøre dem som en ildovn når du viser ditt åsyn; Herren skal opsluke dem i sin vrede, og ild skal fortære dem.
11 Deres frukt skal du utslette av jorden, og deres avkom blandt menneskenes barn.
12 For de har grundet på ondt mot dig, de har uttenkt onde råd; de skal ikke makte noget.
13 For du skal få dem til å vende ryggen; med dine buestrenger sikter du mot deres åsyn.
14 Reis dig, Herre, i din kraft! Vi vil lovsynge og prise ditt storverk.
1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
2 \21:1\The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!
3 \21:2\You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)
4 \21:3\For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
5 \21:4\He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.
6 \21:5\His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.
7 \21:6\For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.
8 \21:7\For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.
9 \21:8\Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.
10 \21:9\You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
11 \21:10\Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
12 \21:11\For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
13 \21:12\Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.
14 \21:13\Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.