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1Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare.

1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare,

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.

2he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

3LORD, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him?

3LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?

4A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

4The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.

5LORD, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

5Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.

6Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them.

6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them.

7Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners

7Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners.

8whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.

8Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives,

9God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you--

9God, I will sing a new song to you. On a harp of ten strings I will play to you—

10the one who gives victory to kings, who frees his servant David from the deadly sword.

10to you who gives victory to kings, rescuing his servant David from cruel swords.

11Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.

11Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives.

12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style.

12May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.

13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields.

13May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields.

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.

14May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!

15Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.

15Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD.