| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. | 1Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. |
| 2He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. | 2He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me. |
| 3LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? | 3O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them? |
| 4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. | 4For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow. |
| 5Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. | 5Open the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke. |
| 6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them. | 6Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them! |
| 7Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners | 7Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies. |
| 8whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. | 8Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead. |
| 9I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, | 9I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp. |
| 10to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword | 10For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword. |
| 11deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. | 11Save me! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead. |
| 12Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. | 12May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace. |
| 13Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; | 13May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands, |
| 14our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. | 14and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares. |
| 15Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the LORD. | 15Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD. |
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