Psalms 21:8–13
The Lord's strength enables the king to find and destroy every enemy, turning their wicked plots into total ruin.
8 Your hand will find out all of your enemies. Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
12 For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.
13 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
The Lord's strength enables the king to find and destroy every enemy, turning their wicked plots into total ruin.
To declare the absolute and inescapable nature of divine judgment executed through the king upon those who plot against God's purposes.
The King Rejoices in the LORD's Strength
The king's joy, security, and victory rest entirely in the LORD's saving strength and steadfast love, so the people answer with praise rather than self-exaltation.