| English Standard Version | King James Bible |
| 1O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! | 1To 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! |
| 2You have given him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah | 2Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. |
| 3For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. | 3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. |
| 4He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever. | 4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. |
| 5His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him. | 5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. |
| 6For you make him most blessed forever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence. | 6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. |
| 7For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved. | 7For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. |
| 8Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you. | 8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. |
| 9You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them. | 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. |
| 10You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man. | 10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. |
| 11Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed. | 11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. |
| 12For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows. | 12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. |
| 13Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power. | 13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. |
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