METRICAL VERSION OF PSALM XXI.
By James White
1. The king shall glory in thy strength O God;
And thy salvation shall be spread abroad. 2. For with his heart’s desire thou hast him blessed,
And not kept back from him his lips’ request. 3. His way with goodness thou hast overspread,
And set a crown of gold upon his head. 4. He asked for life; thou gavest him great store
With length of days forevermore. 5. In thy salvation he has glory found;
Honor and majesty his head have crowned. 6. Blessed forevermore thou hast him made,
And with thy countenance his soul is glad. 7. For in thy name his trust doth rest secure,
And by thy mercy, Lord, he shall endure. 8. Thine hand shall cause thine enemies to flee,
And men of hate shall not be hid from thee. 9. For as an oven heated with the fire,
So shall they be when thou shalt stir thine ire,
Be swallowed up in wrath of the Most High—
In fire devoured, as stubble fully dry. 10. Their fruit shall wither ere ’tis fully grown;
Their children on the earth shall not be known. 11. On evil against God, their hearts were bent,
And mischief to devise was their intent. 12. The Lord shall make them flee away in fear,
When he in anger lifts his glittering spear,
When in his wrath his armor shall prepare,
Against their face who still his vengeance dare. 13. Be thou exalted, God of power and might,
In thine own strength—in majesty and light.
In adoration we our voices raise,
To glorify thy power in songs of praise.
J. M. W.