Psalm 21

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Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 20)

Latin text

1 In finem. Psalmus David.

2 Domine, in virtute tua lætabitur rex, et super salutare tuum exsultabit vehementer.

3 Desiderium cordis ejus tribuisti ei, et voluntate labiorum ejus non fraudasti eum.

4 Quoniam prævenisti eum in benedictionibus dulcedinis ; posuisti in capite ejus coronam de lapide pretioso.

5 Vitam petiit a te, et tribuisti ei longitudinem dierum, in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.

6 Magna est gloria ejus in salutari tuo ; gloriam et magnum decorem impones super eum.

7 Quoniam dabis eum in benedictionem in sæculum sæculi ; lætificabis eum in gaudio cum vultu tuo.

8 Quoniam rex sperat in Domino, et in misericordia Altissimi non commovebitur.

9 Inveniatur manus tua omnibus inimicis tuis ; dextera tua inveniat omnes qui te oderunt.

10 Pones eos ut clibanum ignis in tempore vultus tui : Dominus in ira sua conturbabit eos, et devorabit eos ignis.

11 Fructum eorum de terra perdes, et semen eorum a filiis hominum,

12 quoniam declinaverunt in te mala ; cogitaverunt consilia quæ non potuerunt stabilire.

13 Quoniam pones eos dorsum ; in reliquiis tuis præparabis vultum eorum.

14 Exaltare, Domine, in virtute tua ; cantabimus et psallemus virtutes tuas.

Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer

English text

1 The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord : exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.

2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire : and hast not denied him the request of his lips.

3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness : and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life : even for ever and ever.

5 His honour is great in thy salvation : glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him.

6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity : and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.

7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord : and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry.

8 All thine enemies shall feel thine hand : thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee.

9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath : the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.

10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth : and their seed from among the children of men.

11 For they intended mischief against thee : and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight : and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength : so we will sing, and praise thy power.