| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD. How great is his joy in the victories you give! | 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation! |
| 2You have granted him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. | 2You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah |
| 3You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head. | 3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold. |
| 4He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever. | 4He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever. |
| 5Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty. | 5Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty. |
| 6Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. | 6For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence. |
| 7For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken. | 7For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken. |
| 8Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes. | 8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. |
| 9When 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. | 9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them. |
| 10You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind. | 10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men. |
| 11Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed. | 11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. |
| 12You will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow. | 12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them. |
| 13Be exalted in your strength, LORD; we will sing and praise your might. | 13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power. |
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