| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1To 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! | 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation! |
| 2Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. | 2You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah |
| 3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. | 3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold. |
| 4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. | 4He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever. |
| 5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. | 5Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty. |
| 6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. | 6For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence. |
| 7For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. | 7For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken. |
| 8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. | 8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. |
| 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. | 9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them. |
| 10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. | 10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men. |
| 11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. | 11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail. |
| 12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. | 12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them. |
| 13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. | 13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power. |
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