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¶ The people reioyceth and geueth thankes to God, in rehearsyng the victorie that Dauid their king had gotten, and in attributyng it only to God. A good king is a blessyng of God, and the ende of all wicked men is wretched.
1 THE kyng ought to reioyce in thy [unspec A] strength O God: and he ought to be exceedyng glad of thy (a) 1.2 saluation.
2 Thou hast geuen him his heartes de∣sire: and hast not denied him the request of his lippes. Selah.
3 For thou hast preuented him with(b) 1.3 good blessinges: and hast set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him long dayes: euen for euer and euer.
5 His honour is great through thy sal∣uation: thou hast layde glorie and great worship vpon him.
6 For thou hast placed him to be bles∣singes for euer: and hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenaunce.
[unspec B] 7 Because the king trusteth in God, and in the mercie of the most highest: he shal not miscarie.
8 Thine hande wyll finde out all thine enemies: thy right hande wyll finde out them that hate thee.
9 Thou wilt make them like a burnyng furnace in tyme of thy furie: God wyll destroy them in his wrath, and fire shall consume them.
10 Thou wilt roote their fruite out of the earth: and their seede from among the children of men.
11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: [but] they coulde not [bring it to passe.]
12 Therfore thou wilt put them to “ 1.4 flight: [and] direct “ 1.5 thine arrowes agaynsttheir faces.
13 Be thou exalted O God accordyng to thine owne might: so we wyll sing, and with psalmes we wyll prayse thy power.