Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. | 1A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle; |
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. | 2My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. |
3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? | 3O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or 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 mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow. |
5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. | 5Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke. |
6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them. | 6Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Send out Your arrows and confuse them. |
7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, | 7Stretch forth Your hand from on high; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens |
8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. | 8Whose mouths speak deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You— | 9I will sing a new song to You, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You, |
10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. | 10Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword. |
11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. | 11Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaks deceit And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. | 12Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace; |
13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields. | 13Let our garners be full, furnishing every kind of produce, And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our 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. | 14Let our cattle bear Without mishap and without loss, Let there be no outcry in our streets! |
15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. | 15How blessed are the people who are so situated; How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! |
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