Psalm 21-23

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.