1 B lessed be the Lord, my Rock and my keen and firm Strength, Who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight—

Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;

2 M y Steadfast Love and my Fortress, my High Tower and my Deliverer, my Shield and He in Whom I trust and take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.

My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!

3 L ord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or son of man that You take account of him?

Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?

4 M an is like vanity and a breath; his days are as a shadow that passes away.

Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

5 B ow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;

6 C ast forth lightning and scatter; send out Your arrows and embarrass and frustrate them.

Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:

7 S tretch forth Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hands of hostile aliens (tribes around us)

Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,

8 W hose mouths speak deceit and whose right hands are right hands fraudulent oaths.

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing a new song to You, O God; upon a harp, an instrument of ten strings, will I offer praises to You.

O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:

10 Y ou are He Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the hurtful sword.

Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.

11 R escue me and deliver me out of the power of alien whose mouths speak deceit and whose right hands are right hands fraudulent oaths.

Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12 W hen our sons shall be as plants grown large in their youth and our daughters as sculptured corner pillars hewn like those of a palace;

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:

13 W hen our garners are full, affording all manner of store, and our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our pastures;

Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;

14 W hen our oxen are well loaded; when there is no invasion and no going forth and no outcry in our streets;

Our kine laden; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

15 H appy and blessed are the people who are in such a case; yes, happy (blessed, fortunate, prosperous, to be envied) are the people whose God is the Lord!

Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!