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Psalm

Psalm 20 📜 📕 ↷

1 UNTO the end, the Psalm of David.📜💬📚

2 Lord in thy power the king shall be glad: and upon thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.📜💬📚

3 The desire of his heart thou hast given him: and of the will of his lips thou hast not defrauded him.📜💬📚

4 Because thou hast prevented him in blessings of sweetness, thou hast put on his head a crown of precious stone.📜💬📚

5 He asked life of thee: and thou gavest him length of days for ever, and for ever and ever.📜💬📚

6 Great is his glory in thy salvation: glory and great beauty thou shalt put upon him.📜💬📚

7 Because thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.📜💬📚

8 Because the king hopeth in our Lord: and in the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.📜💬📚

9 Let thy hand be found of all thy enemies: let thy right hand find all that hate thee.📜💬📚

10 Thou shalt put them as an oven of fire in the time of thy countenance: our Lord in his wrath shall trouble them, and fire shall devour them.📜💬📚

11 Their fruit thou shalt destroy from the land: and their seed from the children of men.📜💬📚

12 Because they have turned the evils upon thee: they have devised counsels, which they could not establish.📜💬📚

13 Because thou shalt put them back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their countenance.📜💬📚

14 Be exalted Lord in thy power: we will chant and sing thy powers.📜💬📚