Psalms 21:1-3 in English

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

² Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah

³ For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David.

² O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

³ O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

² Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

³ For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

² Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

³ For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

¹ (22) For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. O God, my God, attend to me: why have you forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

² O my God, I will cry to you by day, but you will not hear: and by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.

³ But you, the praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

² Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah

³ For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ Yahweh, ◄ I, your king am glad/the king is glad► because you have caused me/him to be strong. ◄I rejoice/he rejoices► greatly because you have rescued me/him from my/his enemies.

² You have given me/him the things that I/he SYN desired and you have not refused to do what I requested you to do.

³ In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper. You placed a gold crown on my/his head.

¹ (22) For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. O God, my God, attend to me: why have you forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

² O my God, I will cry to you by day, but you will not hear: and by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.

³ But you, the praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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

³ For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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

³ For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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

³ For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!

² You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

³ For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

¹ To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.

² Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

³ For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

¹ Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.

² O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.

³ O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.

¹ For the music director. A psalm of David. The king celebrates your strength, Lord; he is so happy you made him victorious!

² You gave him everything he wanted; you didn't hold anything back he asked for.

³ You welcomed him on his return with special blessings; you placed a crown of pure gold on his head.

¹ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The King shall reioyce in thy strength, O Lord: yea how greatly shall he reioyce in thy saluation!

² Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denyed him the request of his lips. Selah.

³ For thou diddest preuent him with liberall blessings, and didest set a crowne of pure gold vpon his head.

¹ (21-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (21-2) O LORD, in Thy strength the king rejoiceth; and in Thy salvation how greatly doth he exult!

² (21-3) Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and the request of his lips Thou hast not withholden. Selah

³ (21-4) For Thou meetest him with choicest blessings; Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

² Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

³ For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

¹ “To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (21:2) O Lord, because of thy strength will the king rejoice; and through thy salvation how greatly will he be glad!

² (21:3) The longing of his heart hast thou given him, and the request of his lips hast thou not withholden. Selah.

³ (21:4) For thou meetest him unasked with the blessings of happiness: thou settest on his head a crown of pure gold.

¹ For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David.

² O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? The account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

³ O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear: And by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.

¹ “For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” The king rejoiceth in thy strength, O LORD! Yea, he doth greatly exult in thy protection.

² Thou hast given him his heart's desire, And hast not denied him the request of his lips. Pause.

³ Yea, thou hast met him with rich blessings, Thou hast placed a crown of pure gold upon his head.

¹ For the leader. A psalm of David. The king rejoices, Lord, in your might, how he exults because of your help!

² You have granted to him his heart's desire, you have not withheld his lips' request. Selah

³ You came to meet him with rich blessings, you set on his head a golden crown.

¹ For the leader. A psalm of David. The king rejoices, Lord, in your might, how he exults because of your help!

² You have granted to him his heart's desire, you have not withheld his lips' request. Selah

³ You came to meet him with rich blessings, you set on his head a golden crown.

¹ The King (Messiah Anointed one) rejoices in your strength, Adonai ! How greatly he rejoices in your yishu'ah ·salvation·!

² You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

³ For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ For the chief musician. A psalm of David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in the salvation you provide!

² You have given him his heart's desire and have not held back the request of his lips. Selah

³ For you bring him rich blessings; you placed on his head a crown of purest gold.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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

³ For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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

³ For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

² Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

³ For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness: thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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

³ For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

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

³ For you meet him with the blessings of goodness. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

¹ To victory, the psalm of David. Lord, the king shall be glad in thy virtue; and he shall full out have joy greatly on thine health.

² Thou hast given to him the desire of his heart; and thou hast not defrauded him of the will of his lips.

³ For thou hast before-come him in the blessings of sweetness; thou hast set or puttest on his head a crown of precious stone.

¹ To victory, the psalm of David. Lord, the king shall be glad in thy virtue; and he shall full out have joy greatly on thine health. (For the choirmaster, a song by David. Lord, the king shall be glad for thy strength, or thy might; and he shall have great joy in thy victory.)

² Thou hast given to him the desire of his heart; and thou hast not defrauded him of the will of his lips. (Thou hast given him his heart’s desire; and thou hast not denied him what he asked for with his lips.)

³ For thou hast before come him in the blessings of sweetness; thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stone. (For thou hast come before him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set upon his head a crown of pure gold.)

¹ To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth.

² The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

³ For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.