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Psalms 21
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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.
1The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2O 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.
2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3But you, the praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary.
3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4Our fathers hoped in you; they hoped, and you did deliver them.
4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
5They cried to you, and were saved: they hoped in you, and were not ashamed.
5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.
6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with [their] lips, they shook the head, [saying],
7For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.
8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9For you are he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's breasts.
9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10I was cast on you from the womb: you are my God from my mother's belly.
10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
11Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.
11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round.
12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion.
13Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.