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

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

4 M an is like a breath. His days are like a passing shadow.

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

6 S end out lightning and divide them. Send out Your arrows and trouble them.

7 P ut 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 T heir mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.

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

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

11 T ake 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 M ay our young sons be like plants that are full-grown. And may our daughters be like the corner pieces of a great house.

13 M ay 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 L et our cattle give birth without trouble and without loss. And may there be no cry of trouble in our streets.

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