The Bible in Its Traditions

Psalms 51:0; 20:1–21:14

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YHWH answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;

title  For the end, a Psalm of David.

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.

title  Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation. May the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Send forth thy help from the sanctuary, and support thee out of Zion;

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and aid thee out of Sion.

Ps19:2  May he send you help from the sanctuary and watch over you from Zion.

Receive the memorial of all thy meal-offerings, and accept the fat of thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah

Remember all thy sacrifice, and enrich thy whole-burnt-offering. Pause.

Ps19:3  May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, and may your burnt-offerings be fat.

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Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Ps19:4  May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.

May the LORD grant you according to your own heart, and fulfil all your counsel.

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We will shout for joy in thy victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our standards; YHWH fulfil all thy petitions.

We will exult in thy salvation, and in the name of our God shall we be magnified: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

Ps19:5  We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God, we will be magnified.

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Now know I that YHWH saveth His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the mighty acts of His saving right hand.

Ps19:6  May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ. He will hear him from his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is in his power.

Henceforth it is known that the LORD has saved his anointed; and has heard him from his holy heaven and saved with the strength of his right hand.

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Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will make mention of the name of YHWH our God.

Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.

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They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen, and stand upright.

Ps19:8  They have been bound, and they have fallen. But we have risen up, and we have been set upright.

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Save, YHWH; let the King answer us in the day that we call.

O Lord, save the king: and hear us in whatever day we call upon thee.

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21:1  O YHWH, in Thy strength the king rejoiceth; and in Thy salvation how greatly doth he exult!

title  For the end, a Psalm of David.

O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy strength; and in thy salvation he shall greatly exult.

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21:2  Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and the request of his lips Thou hast not withholden. Selah

Ps20:2  You have granted him the desire of his heart, and you have not cheated him of the wish of his lips.

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21:3  For Thou meetest him with choicest blessings; Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.

For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou has set upon his head a crown of precious stone.

Ps20:3  For you have gone ahead of him with blessings of sweetness. You have placed a crown of precious stones on his head.

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21:4  He asked life of Thee, Thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.

Ps20:4  He petitioned you for life, and you have granted him length of days, in the present time, and forever and ever.

21:5  His glory is great through Thy salvation; honour and majesty dost Thou lay upon him.

Ps20:5  Great is his glory in your salvation. Glory and great adornment, you will lay upon him.

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21:6  For Thou makest him most blessed for ever; Thou makest him glad with joy in Thy presence.

For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.

Ps20:6  For you will give him as a blessing forever and ever. You will make him rejoice with gladness in your presence.

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21:7  For the king trusteth in YHWH, yea, in the mercy of the Most High; he shall not be moved.

Ps20:7  Because the king hopes in the Lord, and in the mercy of the Most High, he will not be disturbed.

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21:8  Thy hand shall be equal to all thine enemies; thy right hand shall overtake those that hate thee.

Ps20:8  May your hand be found by all your enemies. May your right hand discover all those who hate you.

Your hand shall overcome all your enemies; your right hand shall overcome those that hate you.

21:9  Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger; YHWH shall swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Ps20:9  You will make them like an oven of fire, in the time of your presence. The Lord will stir them up with his wrath, and fire will devour them.

You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your wrath; the LORD shall consume them in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

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21:10  Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Ps20:10  You will destroy their fruit from the earth and their offspring from the sons of men.

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21:11  For they intended evil against thee, they imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail.

Ps20:11  For they have turned evils upon you; they have devised plans, which they have not been able to accomplish.

11  For they have planned evil against you; they conceived a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

21:12  For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.

Ps20:12  For you will make them turn their back; with your remnants, you will prepare their countenance.

12  For you shall place a scar on them; and you shall make ready your array against their faces.

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21:13  Be Thou exalted, O YHWH, in Thy strength; so will we sing and praise Thy power.

Ps20:13  Be exalted, Lord, by your own power. We will play music and sing psalms to your virtues.