[1] Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. [2] He 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. [3] LORD, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him? [4] A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. [5] LORD, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. [6] Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them. [7] Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners [8] whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. [9] God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you- [10] the one who gives victory to kings, who frees his servant David from the deadly sword. [11] Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. [12] Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. [13] Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields. [14] Our 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. [15] Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.
