1 Blessed be the Lord my Rock,

*Who trains my hands for war,

And my fingers for battle—

2 My lovingkindness and my fortress,

My high tower and my deliverer,

My shield and theOne in whom I take refuge,

Who subdues my people under me.

3 *Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?

Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?

4 *Man is like a breath;

*His days are like a passing shadow.

5 *Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;

*Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 *Flash forth lightning and scatter them;

Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.

7 Stretch out Your hand from above;

Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,

From the hand of foreigners,

8 Whose mouth *speaks lying words,

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will *sing a new song to You, O God;

On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

10 TheOne who gives salvation to kings,

*Who delivers David His servant

From the deadly sword.

11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,

Whose mouth speaks lying words,

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—

12 That our sons maybe*as plants grown up in their youth;

That our daughters maybe as pillars,

Sculptured in palace style;

13 That our barns maybe full,

Supplying all kinds of produce;

That our sheep may bring forth thousands

And ten thousands in our fields;

14 That our oxen maybe well laden;

Thattherebe no breaking in or going out;

Thattherebe no outcry in our streets.

15 *Happy are the people who are in such a state;

Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!