| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; | 1By David. The LORD, my protector, deserves praise--the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war, |
| 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. | 2who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me. |
| 3O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him? | 3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them? |
| 4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. | 4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears. |
| 5Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke! | 5O LORD, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder! |
| 6Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them! | 6Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! 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 above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners, |
| 8whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. | 8who speak lies, and make false promises. |
| 9I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you, | 9O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you, |
| 10who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword. | 10the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a 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. | 11Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises. |
| 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, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace. |
| 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, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures. |
| 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 weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares. |
| 15Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! | 15How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! |
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