Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. | 1Davidic. May the LORD, my rock, be praised, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. |
2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. | 2He 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. |
3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? | 3 LORD, what is man, that You care for him, the son of man, that You think of him? |
4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. | 4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. |
5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. | 5 LORD, part Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. |
6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them. | 6Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot Your arrows and rout them. |
7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, | 7Reach down from heaven; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners |
8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. | 8whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You— | 9God, I will sing a new song to You; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You-- |
10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. | 10the One who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. |
11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. | 11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. | 12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. |
13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields. | 13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields. |
14Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets. | 14Our 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. |
15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. | 15Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. |
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