| New International Version | English Standard Version |
| 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! | 1O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! |
| 2You have granted him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. | 2You have given him 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 meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. |
| 4He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever. | 4He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever. |
| 5Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty. | 5His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him. |
| 6Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. | 6For you make him most blessed forever; you make him glad with the joy of 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, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved. |
| 8Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes. | 8Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out 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 make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them. |
| 10You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind. | 10You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man. |
| 11Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed. | 11Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed. |
| 12You will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow. | 12For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows. |
| 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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