| New Living Translation | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. | 1Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. |
| 2He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to 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 are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them? | 3LORD, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him? |
| 4For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow. | 4A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. |
| 5Open the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke. | 5LORD, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. |
| 6Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them! | 6Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them. |
| 7Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies. | 7Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners |
| 8Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead. | 8whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
| 9I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp. | 9God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you-- |
| 10For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword. | 10the one who gives victory to kings, who frees his servant David from the deadly sword. |
| 11Save me! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead. | 11Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
| 12May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify 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. |
| 13May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands, | 13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields. |
| 14and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares. | 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. |
| 15Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD. | 15Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD. |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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