1 ¶ Blessed be the LORD my strength, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war:

Praise and thanks be to the Lord, my rock. He makes my hands ready for war, and my fingers for battle.

2 M y mercy and my fortress; my high tower and my deliverer; my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdues my people under me.

He is my loving-kindness and my walls of strength, my strong place and the One Who sets me free, my safe-covering and the One in Whom I trust. He brings my people under my rule.

3 L ORD, what is man that thou knowest him? or the son of man, that thou esteemeth him?

O Lord, what is man that You think of him, the son of man that You remember him?

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

Man is like a breath. His days are like a passing shadow.

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

O Lord, divide Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains so they will smoke.

6 C ast forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out thine arrows and destroy them.

Send out lightning and divide them. Send out Your arrows and trouble them.

7 S end thine hand from above; redeem me and deliver me out of many waters, from the hand of the strange sons,

Put out Your hand from above. Take me out of trouble and away from the many waters, from the power of those from other lands.

8 w hose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Their mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.

9 ¶ I will sing a new song unto thee, O God; upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises unto thee.

I will sing a new song to You, O God. I will sing praises to You on a harp of ten strings.

10 T hou, he who gives salvation unto kings, who redeems David his slave from the evil sword.

You save kings. You take Your servant David away from the sharp sword.

11 R edeem me, and save me from the hand of strange sons, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

Take me out of trouble and away from the power of those from other lands. Their mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.

12 T hat our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace;

May our young sons be like plants that are full-grown. And may our daughters be like the corner pieces of a great house.

13 t hat our garners may be full, affording all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets;

May our store-houses be full of all kinds of food. And may our sheep grow by the thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

14 t hat our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in nor going out; that there be no shout of alarm in our streets.

Let our cattle give birth without trouble and without loss. And may there be no cry of trouble in our streets.

15 B lessed is that people, that is in such a case; yea, blessed is that people, whose God is the LORD.

Happy are the people who have all this. Yes, happy are the people whose God is the Lord!