| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; | 1Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. |
| 2he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples 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. |
| 3O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him? | 3LORD, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him? |
| 4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. | 4A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. |
| 5Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke! | 5LORD, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. |
| 6Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them! | 6Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them. |
| 7Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, | 7Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners |
| 8whose mouths speak lies 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; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you, | 9God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you-- |
| 10who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel 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 mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. | 11Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
| 12May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of 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 granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep 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. |
| 14may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress 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. |
| 15Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! | 15Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD. |
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