Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 <<A Psalm of David.>> Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight;
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Thank the LORD, my rock, who trained my hands to fight and my fingers to do 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 merciful one, my fortress, my stronghold, and my savior, my shield, the one in whom I take refuge, and the one who brings people under my authority.
3 LORD, what is man that Thou takest notice of him? Or the son of man that Thou makest account of him?
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O LORD, what are humans that you should care about them? What are mere mortals that you should think about them?
4 Man is like vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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Humans are like a breath of air. Their life span is like a fleeting shadow.
5 Bow Thy heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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O LORD, bend your heaven low, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out Thine arrows and destroy them.
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Hurl bolts of lightning, and scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and throw them into confusion.
7 Send Thine hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters from the hand of strangers,
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Stretch out your hands from above. Snatch me, and rescue me from raging waters and from foreigners' hands.
8 whose mouth speaketh vanity and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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Their mouths speak lies. Their right hands take false pledges.
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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O God, I will sing a new song to you. I will sing a psalm to you on a ten-stringed harp.
10 It is He that giveth salvation unto kings, who delivereth David His servant from the hurtful sword.
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You are the one who gives victory to kings. You are the one who snatches your servant David away from a deadly sword.
11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh vanity and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood,
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Snatch me, and rescue me from foreigners' hands. Their mouths speak lies. Their right hands take false pledges.
12 that our sons may be as plants full grown in their youth, that our daughters may be as cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace;
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May our sons be like full-grown, young plants. May our daughters be like stately columns that adorn the corners 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 barns be filled with all kinds of crops. May our sheep give birth to thousands of lambs, tens of thousands in our fields.
14 that our oxen may be strong to labor, that there be no breaking in, nor going out, that there be no complaining in our streets.
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May our cattle have many calves. May no one break in, and may no one be dragged out. May there be no cries of distress in our streets.
15 Happy is that people for whom such is the case; yea, happy is that people whose God is the LORD.
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Blessed are the people who have these blessings! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!
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