After the Battle

(Proverbs 21:1-31)

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!

2Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

3For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness: thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.

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

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

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

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

8Thy hand shall find out all thy enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thy anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

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

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

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

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