| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Davidic. May the LORD, my rock, be praised, 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. |
| 3 LORD, what is man, that You care for him, the 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? |
| 4Man 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. |
| 5 LORD, 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 heaven; 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 the grasp of 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 Yahweh. | 15Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD. |
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