{"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/kjv/psalms/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:04:20.545Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":21,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":20,"nextChapter":22,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To 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 pure gold on his head."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He asked life of thee, <i>and</i> thou gavest <i>it</i> him, <i>even</i> length of days for ever and ever."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"His glory <i>is</i> great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy 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 oven 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 mischievous device, <i>which</i> they are not able <i>to perform</i>."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, <i>when</i> thou shalt make ready <i>thine arrows</i> upon thy strings against the face of them."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: <i>so</i> will we sing and praise thy power."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 21 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 21](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/21 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}