After the Battle
(Proverbs 21:1–31)
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. Heb 12:2Mat 2:2Psa 28:7Psa 62:7Psa 59:16-17Psa 2:6Psa 118:14-15Psa 20:5-6
How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
You have granted his heart’s desire Psa 37:4Psa 20:4-5Psa 2:8-9Heb 7:25Isa 49:6-12Psa 92:11
and have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
For You welcomed him with rich blessings; 2Sa 12:30Eph 1:31Ch 20:2Psa 31:19Psa 59:10Heb 2:9Rom 11:351Sa 16:13
You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
He asked You for life, and You granted it— Psa 91:16Rev 1:18Psa 119:77Psa 133:3Psa 61:5-6Psa 119:175Psa 89:29Psa 89:36-37
length of days, forever and ever.
Great is his glory in Your salvation; 1Pe 3:22Eph 1:20-22Heb 8:1Rev 5:8-13Jhn 17:221Ch 17:11-151Ch 17:272Sa 7:19
You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
For You grant him blessings forever; Act 2:28Psa 45:7Psa 16:11Gal 3:9Act 3:26Eph 1:3Luk 2:10-111Ch 17:27
You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
For the king trusts in the LORD; Psa 16:8Psa 91:2Dan 7:14Psa 18:2Psa 20:7-8Psa 26:1Psa 9:21Sa 30:6
through the loving devotion of the Most High,
he will not be shaken.
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; 1Co 15:25Psa 110:1-2Luk 19:27Psa 72:9Rev 19:15Amo 9:2-3Heb 10:28-29Luk 19:14
Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
You will place them in a fiery furnace Mal 4:1Psa 18:8Psa 50:32Th 1:8Lam 2:2Nam 1:6Deu 32:22Isa 26:11
at the time of Your appearing.
In His wrath the LORD will engulf them,
and the fire will consume them.
You will wipe their descendants from the earth, Psa 37:281Ki 13:34Isa 14:20Job 20:28Psa 109:13Mal 4:1Job 18:16-19
and their offspring from the sons of men.
Though they intend You harm, Psa 10:2Psa 2:1Jer 11:18-19Psa 31:13Isa 7:6-7Isa 8:9-10Mat 2:16Act 4:17-18
the schemes they devise will not prevail.
For You will put them to flight Psa 7:12-13Psa 18:40Lam 3:12Psa 64:7Job 16:12-13Job 7:20Psa 44:10Psa 56:9
when Your bow is trained upon them.
Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; Rev 16:5-7Rev 19:1-6Psa 113:5Psa 57:11Rev 15:3-4Mat 6:10Psa 57:5Psa 72:18-19
we will sing and praise Your power.