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For the king places his trust in the Lord;
    through the kindness[a] of the Most High he will not fall.
[b]Your hand will lay hold of all your enemies;
    your right hand will overcome all your foes.
10 On the day when you appear,[c]
    you will cast them into a fiery furnace.
The Lord’s anger will engulf them,
    and fire will consume them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 21:8 Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5.
  2. Psalm 21:9 The king’s future victories are described as certain because of the Lord’s action.
  3. Psalm 21:10 The expression on the day when you appear, (literally, “on the day of your face [judgment]” see Ps 34:17; Lam 4:16), and the mention of the fire are eschatological themes (see Ps 2:12; 2 Sam 23:7; Isa 30:33; Hos 7:7; Mal 3:19).

Your hand will lay hold(A) on all your enemies;
    your right hand will seize your foes.
When you appear for battle,
    you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
    and his fire will consume them.(B)
10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.(C)

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