International Standard Version | International Standard Version |
1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare, | 1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare, |
2he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues peoples under me. | 2he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues peoples under me. |
3LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him? | 3LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him? |
4The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow. | 4The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow. |
5Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder. | 5Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder. |
6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them. | 6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them. |
7Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners. | 7Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners. |
8Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives, | 8Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives, |
9God, I will sing a new song to you. On a harp of ten strings I will play to you— | 9God, I will sing a new song to you. On a harp of ten strings I will play to you— |
10to you who gives victory to kings, rescuing his servant David from cruel swords. | 10to you who gives victory to kings, rescuing his servant David from cruel swords. |
11Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives. | 11Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives. |
12May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace. | 12May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace. |
13May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields. | 13May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields. |
14May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets! | 14May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets! |
15Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD. | 15Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD. |
The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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