| New Living Translation | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. | 1A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle; |
| 2He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me. | 2My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. |
| 3O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them? | 3O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him? |
| 4For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow. | 4Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow. |
| 5Open the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke. | 5Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke. |
| 6Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them! | 6Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Send out Your arrows and confuse them. |
| 7Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies. | 7Stretch forth Your hand from on high; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens |
| 8Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead. | 8Whose mouths speak deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
| 9I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp. | 9I will sing a new song to You, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You, |
| 10For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword. | 10Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword. |
| 11Save me! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead. | 11Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaks deceit And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
| 12May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace. | 12Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace; |
| 13May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands, | 13Let our garners be full, furnishing every kind of produce, And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; |
| 14and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares. | 14Let our cattle bear Without mishap and without loss, Let there be no outcry in our streets! |
| 15Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD. | 15How blessed are the people who are so situated; How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! |
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