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Psalms 21:7–9

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For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Thou 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.
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From verse 7

  1. Psalms 16:8Rank 1 from verse 7
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    8I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

  2. Psalms 91:2Rank 2 from verse 7
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    2I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  3. Daniel 7:14Rank 3 from verse 7
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    14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

  4. Psalms 18:2Rank 4 from verse 7
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    2The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  5. Psalms 20:7–8Rank 5 from verse 7
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    7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

    8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

  6. Psalms 26:1Rank 6 from verse 7
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    1JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.

  7. Psalms 9:2Rank 7 from verse 7
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    2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

  8. 1 Samuel 30:6Rank 8 from verse 7
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    6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

  9. Hebrews 2:13Rank 9 from verse 7
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    13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

  10. Deuteronomy 32:8–9Rank 10 from verse 7
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    8When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

    9For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

  11. Matthew 27:43Rank 11 from verse 7
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    43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

  12. Psalms 13:5Rank 12 from verse 7
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    5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

  13. Psalms 61:4Rank 13 from verse 7
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    4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

  14. Psalms 61:6–7Rank 14 from verse 7
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    6Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.

    7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

  15. Psalms 91:9–10Rank 15 from verse 7
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    9Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

    10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

From verse 8

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:25Rank 1 from verse 8
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    25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

  2. Psalms 110:1–2Rank 2 from verse 8
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    1THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

    2The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

  3. Luke 19:27Rank 3 from verse 8
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    27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  4. Psalms 72:9Rank 4 from verse 8
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    9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

  5. Revelation 19:15Rank 5 from verse 8
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    15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

  6. Amos 9:2–3Rank 6 from verse 8
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    2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

    3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

  7. Hebrews 10:28–29Rank 7 from verse 8
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    28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

    29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

  8. Luke 19:14Rank 8 from verse 8
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    14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

  9. Psalms 18:1Rank 9 from verse 8
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    1I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength.

  10. Psalms 2:9Rank 10 from verse 8
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    9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

  11. Psalms 89:22–23Rank 11 from verse 8
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    22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

    23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

  12. 1 Samuel 31:3Rank 12 from verse 8
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    3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

  13. 2 Samuel 7:1Rank 13 from verse 8
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    1AND it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

  14. Isaiah 10:10Rank 14 from verse 8
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    10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

  15. 1 Samuel 25:29Rank 15 from verse 8
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    29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

From verse 9

  1. Malachi 4:1Rank 1 from verse 9
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    1FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  2. Psalms 18:8Rank 2 from verse 9
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    8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

  3. Psalms 50:3Rank 3 from verse 9
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    3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

  4. 2 Thessalonians 1:8Rank 4 from verse 9
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    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  5. Lamentations 2:2Rank 5 from verse 9
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    2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

  6. Nahum 1:6Rank 6 from verse 9
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    6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

  7. Deuteronomy 32:22Rank 7 from verse 9
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    22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  8. Isaiah 26:11Rank 8 from verse 9
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    11Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

  9. Daniel 3:20–22Rank 9 from verse 9
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    20And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

    21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

    22Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

  10. Genesis 19:28Rank 10 from verse 9
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    28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

  11. Matthew 3:12Rank 11 from verse 9
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    12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

  12. Psalms 2:12Rank 12 from verse 9
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    12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

  13. Psalms 2:5Rank 13 from verse 9
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    5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

  14. Revelation 20:14Rank 14 from verse 9
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    14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

  15. 1 Thessalonians 2:16Rank 15 from verse 9
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    16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  16. Matthew 13:42Rank 16 from verse 9
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    42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  17. Matthew 13:50Rank 17 from verse 9
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    50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  18. Matthew 22:7Rank 18 from verse 9
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    7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

  19. Matthew 25:41Rank 19 from verse 9
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    41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  20. Matthew 25:46Rank 20 from verse 9
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    46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  21. Matthew 3:10Rank 21 from verse 9
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    10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  22. Psalms 106:17Rank 22 from verse 9
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    17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

  23. Revelation 19:15Rank 23 from verse 9
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    15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

  24. Revelation 6:16–17Rank 24 from verse 9
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    16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

    17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  25. Job 6:3Rank 25 from verse 9
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    3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

  26. Psalms 56:1–2Rank 26 from verse 9
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    1BE merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

    2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 21:7

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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most High

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A title of God as the supreme ruler, who rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will.

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high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

moved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of move, meaning to change place; to stir, shake, prompt, influence, or set in action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 21:8

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 21:9

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

fiery

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Consisting of, burning with, heated by, or resembling fire; intensely hot or fierce.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

oven

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Sense 1: An enclosed heated chamber or furnace used chiefly for baking. Sense 2: Used in comparisons for consuming heat.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

swallow

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Sense 1: A small bird. Sense 2: To take into the mouth and pass inward, consume, engulf, devour, or overwhelm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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21:1THE king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

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

21:3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

21:4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

21:5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

21:6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

21:7For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

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21:8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

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21:9Thou 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.

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

21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

21:12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

21:13Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

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