My Rock and My Fortress
Of David.
1 Blessed be the Lord, my See Ps. 18:2,31,46rock,
Ps. 18:34who trains my hands for war,
and my fingers for battle;
2 he is my [Ps. 59:10,17;Jonah 2:8] steadfast love and my Ps. 18:2;91:2fortress,
my Ps. 18:2;59:9stronghold and my deliverer,
my Ps. 7:10;18:2shield and he in whom I take refuge,
who Ps. 18:47subdues peoples144:2 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people under me.
3 O Lord, See Ps. 8:4what is man that you See Ps. 31:7regard him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
4 Ps. 39:5Man is like a breath;
his days are like Ps. 102:11;109:23a passing Job 8:9shadow.
5 Ps. 18:9;[Isa. 64:1] Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
See Ps. 104:32Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
6 See Ps. 18:14Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
See Ps. 18:14send out your arrows and rout them!
7 Ps. 18:16Stretch out your hand from on high;
Ps. 69:14rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
from the hand Ps. 18:44,45of foreigners,
8 whose mouths speak Ps. 12:2;41:6lies
and whose right hand is [Ps. 106:26;Gen. 14:22;Deut. 32:40;Isa. 62:8]a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing Ps. 33:2,3a new song to you, O God;
upon Ps. 33:2,3a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
10 who gives victory to kings,
who Ps. 18:50rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
11 Rescue me and deliver me
from the hand [See ver. 7above] of foreigners,
whose mouths speak [See ver. 8above]lies
and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12 May our sons in their youth
be like [Ps. 128:3] plants full grown,
our daughters like [Zech. 9:15]corner pillars
cut for the structure of a palace;
13 [Joel 2:24] may our granaries be full,
[Isa. 30:23]providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
and ten thousands in our fields;
14 may our cattle be heavy with young,
suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;144:14 Hebrew with no breaking in or going out
may there be no [Isa. 24:11;Jer. 14:2;46:12]cry of distress in our streets!
15 Deut. 33:29Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
Ps. 33:12;146:5Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!