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| 1 May the Lord my rock be praised, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. | 1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. |
| 2 He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in Him; He subdues my people under me. | 2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. |
| 3 Lord, what is man, that You care for him, the son of man, that You think of him? | 3 O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him? |
| 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. | 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow. |
| 5 Lord, part Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. | 5 Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. |
| 6 Flash [Your] lightning and scatter the foe; shoot Your arrows and rout them. | 6 Send forth lightning and scatter [the enemies]; shoot your arrows and rout them. |
| 7 Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners | 7 Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners |
| 8 whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. | 8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. |
| 9 God, I will sing a new song to You; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You- | 9 I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, |
| 10 the One who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. | 10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword. |
| 11 Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. | 11 Deliver me and rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. |
| 12 Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. | 12 Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. |
| 13 Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields. | 13 Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; |
| 14 Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach [in the walls], no going [into captivity], and no cry of lament in our public squares. | 14 our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. |
| 15 Happy are the people with such [blessings]. Happy are the people whose God is the Lord. | 15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. |
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