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—

By David. Blessed Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

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 kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing 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 man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

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

Man to vanity hath been like, His days as a shadow passing by.

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

Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.

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

Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble 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)

Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,

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

Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand 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, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee.

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

Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.

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.

Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand 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;

Because our sons as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness 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 garners full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places,

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

Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.

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!

O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God Jehovah!