{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:41:08.762Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":21,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":20,"nextChapter":22,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty dost thou lay upon him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thou makest him most blessed for ever: thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger. The LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a device, which they are not able to perform."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be thou exalted, O LORD, in thy strength: so will we sing and praise thy power."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 21 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 21](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/21 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}