Berean Study Bible | Berean Study Bible |
1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. | 1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. |
2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. | 2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. |
3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? | 3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? |
4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. | 4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. |
5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. | 5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. |
6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them. | 6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them. |
7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, | 7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, |
8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. | 8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. |
9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You— | 9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You— |
10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. | 10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. |
11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. | 11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful. |
12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. | 12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace. |
13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields. | 13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields. |
14Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets. | 14Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets. |
15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. | 15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. |
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