King James Version KJV
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
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A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
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my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues the peoples under him.
3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
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O LORD, what is man that thou dost regard him, or the son of man that thou dost think of him?
4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Man is like a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains that they smoke!
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
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Flash forth the lightning and scatter them, send out thy arrows and rout them!
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
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Stretch forth thy hand from on high, rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of aliens,
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
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I will sing a new song to thee, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to thee,
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
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who givest victory to kings, who rescuest David thy servant.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
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Rescue me from the cruel sword, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
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May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;
13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
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may our garners be full, providing all manner of store; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
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may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mischance or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
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Happy the people to whom such blessings fall! Happy the people whose God is the LORD!
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