[1] Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. [2] He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. [3] O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? [4] Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. [5] Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. [6] Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them. [7] Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, [8] whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. [9] I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You — [10] to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. [11] Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. [12] Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. [13] Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields. [14] Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets. [15] Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
