[1] Blessed be the LORD my strength, who prepares my hands for war, and my fingers to fight; [2] my goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer, my shield, and in whom I trust; who subdues nations under me. [3] O LORD, who is man that You take notice of him or the son of a man that You make account of him? [4] Man is like a breath; his days are as a shadow that passes away. [5] Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. [6] Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; shoot out Your arrows, and destroy them. [7] Send Your hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of the great waters, from the hand of foreigners, [8] whose mouth speaks lies, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. [9] I will sing a new song unto You, O God, on a harp and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises unto You; [10] it is He who gives victory to kings, who delivers David His servant from the cruel sword. [11] Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. [12] May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, and our daughters like cornerstones, cut in the similitude of a palace, [13] that our granaries may be full, providing all manner of produce, that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields, [14] and may our cattle be strong in labor. May there be no breaking in or going out, and no wailing in our streets. [15] Blessed are the people who have such things; indeed, blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
