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1 The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!
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1 O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give!
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2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)
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2 You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips. "Selah"
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3 For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.
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3 You welcomed him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
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4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.
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4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him-- length of days, for ever and ever.
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5 His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.
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5 Through the victories you gave, his glory is great; you have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
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6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.
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6 Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence.
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7 For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.
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7 For the king trusts in the LORD; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.
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8 Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.
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8 Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.
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9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
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9 At the time of your appearing you will make them like a fiery furnace. In his wrath the LORD will swallow them up, and his fire will consume them.
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10 Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
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10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.
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11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
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11 Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
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12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.
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12 for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.
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13 Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.
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13 Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.
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