| New International Version | New International Version |
| 1Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. | 1Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. |
| 2He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. | 2He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. |
| 3LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? | 3LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? |
| 4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. | 4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. |
| 5Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. | 5Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. |
| 6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them. | 6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them. |
| 7Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners | 7Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners |
| 8whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. | 8whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. |
| 9I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, | 9I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, |
| 10to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword | 10to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword |
| 11deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. | 11deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. |
| 12Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. | 12Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. |
| 13Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; | 13Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; |
| 14our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. | 14our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. |
| 15Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the LORD. | 15Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the LORD. |
| New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. |
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