| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them? |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Open the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them! |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD. |
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