Psalm 21-25

New International Version

² You have granted him his heart’s desire^(C)
    and have not withheld the request of his lips.^[b]
3 You came to greet him with rich blessings
    and placed a crown of pure gold^(D) on his head.^(E)
4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
    length of days, for ever and ever.^(F)
5 Through the victories^(G) you gave, his glory is great;
    you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.^(H)
6 Surely you have granted him unending blessings
    and made him glad with the joy^(I) of your presence.^(J)
7 For the king trusts in the Lord;^(K)
    through the unfailing love^(L) of the Most High^(M)
    he will not be shaken.^(N)

⁸ Your hand will lay hold^(O) on all your enemies;
    your right hand will seize your foes.
⁹ When you appear for battle,
    you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
    and his fire will consume them.^(P)
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.^(Q)
11 Though they plot evil^(R) against you
    and devise wicked schemes,^(S) they cannot succeed.
¹² You will make them turn their backs^(T)
    when you aim at them with drawn bow.

¹³ Be exalted^(U) in your strength, Lord;^(V)
    we will sing and praise your might.

³ Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;^(AB)
    you are the one Israel praises.^[e](AC)
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.^(AD)
5 To you they cried out^(AE) and were saved;
    in you they trusted^(AF) and were not put to shame.^(AG)

⁶ But I am a worm^(AH) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,^(AI) despised^(AJ) by the people.
⁷ All who see me mock me;^(AK)
    they hurl insults,^(AL) shaking their heads.^(AM)
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.^(AN)
Let him deliver him,^(AO)
    since he delights^(AP) in him.”

⁹ Yet you brought me out of the womb;^(AQ)
    you made me trust^(AR) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰ From birth^(AS) I was cast on you;
    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

¹¹ Do not be far from me,^(AT)
    for trouble is near^(AU)
    and there is no one to help.^(AV)

¹² Many bulls^(AW) surround me;^(AX)
    strong bulls of Bashan^(AY) encircle me.
¹³ Roaring lions^(AZ) that tear their prey^(BA)
    open their mouths wide^(BB) against me.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.^(BC)
My heart has turned to wax;^(BD)
    it has melted^(BE) within me.
¹⁵ My mouth^[f] is dried up like a potsherd,^(BF)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;^(BG)
    you lay me in the dust^(BH) of death.

¹⁶ Dogs^(BI) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce^[g](BJ) my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ All my bones are on display;
    people stare^(BK) and gloat over me.^(BL)
18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots^(BM) for my garment.^(BN)

¹⁹ But you, Lord, do not be far from me.^(BO)
    You are my strength;^(BP) come quickly^(BQ) to help me.^(BR)
20 Deliver me from the sword,^(BS)
    my precious life^(BT) from the power of the dogs.^(BU)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;^(BV)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.^(BW)

²² I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly^(BX) I will praise you.^(BY)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(BZ)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!^(CA)
    Revere him,^(CB) all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised^(CC) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;^(CD)
he has not hidden his face^(CE) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.^(CF)

²⁵ From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(CG)
    before those who fear you^[h] I will fulfill my vows.^(CH)
26 The poor will eat^(CI) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(CJ)
    may your hearts live forever!

²⁷ All the ends of the earth^(CK)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(CL)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord^(CM)
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All the rich^(CN) of the earth will feast and worship;^(CO)
    all who go down to the dust^(CP) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.^(CQ)
30 Posterity^(CR) will serve him;
    future generations^(CS) will be told about the Lord.
³¹ They will proclaim his righteousness,^(CT)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:^(CU)
    He has done it!^(CV)

⁵ You prepare a table^(DG) before me
    in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;^(DH)
    my cup^(DI) overflows.
⁶ Surely your goodness and love^(DJ) will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

³ Who may ascend the mountain^(DN) of the Lord?
    Who may stand in his holy place?^(DO)
4 The one who has clean hands^(DP) and a pure heart,^(DQ)
    who does not trust in an idol^(DR)
    or swear by a false god.^[j]

⁵ They will receive blessing^(DS) from the Lord
    and vindication^(DT) from God their Savior.
⁶ Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek your face,^(DU) God of Jacob.^[k][l]

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates;^(DV)
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King^(DW) of glory^(DX) may come in.^(DY)
8 Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord strong and mighty,^(DZ)
    the Lord mighty in battle.^(EA)
9 Lift up your heads, you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
    The Lord Almighty^(EB)—
    he is the King of glory.

² I trust in you;^(ED)
    do not let me be put to shame,
    nor let my enemies triumph over me.
³ No one who hopes in you
    will ever be put to shame,^(EE)
but shame will come on those
    who are treacherous^(EF) without cause.

⁴ Show me your ways, Lord,
    teach me your paths.^(EG)
5 Guide me in your truth^(EH) and teach me,
    for you are God my Savior,^(EI)
    and my hope is in you^(EJ) all day long.
⁶ Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,^(EK)
    for they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth^(EL)
    and my rebellious ways;^(EM)
according to your love^(EN) remember me,
    for you, Lord, are good.^(EO)

⁸ Good and upright^(EP) is the Lord;
    therefore he instructs^(EQ) sinners in his ways.
⁹ He guides^(ER) the humble in what is right
    and teaches them^(ES) his way.
¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful^(ET)
    toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.^(EU)
11 For the sake of your name,^(EV) Lord,
    forgive^(EW) my iniquity,^(EX) though it is great.

¹² Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?^(EY)
    He will instruct them in the ways^(EZ) they should choose.^[n]
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,^(FA)
    and their descendants will inherit the land.^(FB)
14 The Lord confides^(FC) in those who fear him;
    he makes his covenant known^(FD) to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are ever on the Lord,^(FE)
    for only he will release my feet from the snare.^(FF)

¹⁶ Turn to me^(FG) and be gracious to me,^(FH)
    for I am lonely^(FI) and afflicted.
¹⁷ Relieve the troubles^(FJ) of my heart
    and free me from my anguish.^(FK)
18 Look on my affliction^(FL) and my distress^(FM)
    and take away all my sins.^(FN)
19 See how numerous are my enemies^(FO)
    and how fiercely they hate me!^(FP)

²⁰ Guard my life^(FQ) and rescue me;^(FR)
    do not let me be put to shame,^(FS)
    for I take refuge^(FT) in you.
²¹ May integrity^(FU) and uprightness^(FV) protect me,
    because my hope, Lord,^[o] is in you.^(FW)

²² Deliver Israel,^(FX) O God,
    from all their troubles!