| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[i]A Psalm[/i] of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle— | 1Davidic. May the LORD, my rock, be praised, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. |
| 2My lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my deliverer, My shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people 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. |
| 3LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful 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. |
| 5Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. | 5 LORD, part Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. |
| 6Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them. | 6Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot Your arrows and rout them. |
| 7Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners, | 7Reach down from heaven; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners |
| 8Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. | 8whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
| 9I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You, | 9God, I will sing a new song to You; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You-- |
| 10The One who gives salvation to kings, Who delivers David His servant From the deadly sword. | 10the One who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. |
| 11Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood— | 11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
| 12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style; | 12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. |
| 13That our barns may be full, Supplying all kinds of produce; That our sheep may bring forth thousands And ten 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. |
| 14That our oxen may be well laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That there be no outcry 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. |
| 15Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy 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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