1<> Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight;
2my goodness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and He in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me.
3LORD, what is man that Thou takest notice of him? Or the son of man that Thou makest account of him?
4Man is like vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5Bow Thy heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6Cast forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out Thine arrows and destroy them.
7Send Thine hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters from the hand of strangers,
8whose mouth speaketh vanity and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9I will sing a new song unto Thee, O God; upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto Thee.
10It is He that giveth salvation unto kings, who delivereth David His servant from the hurtful sword.
11Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh vanity and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood,
12that our sons may be as plants full grown in their youth, that our daughters may be as cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace;
13that our garners may be full, affording all manner of store, that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets;
14that our oxen may be strong to labor, that there be no breaking in, nor going out, that there be no complaining in our streets.
15Happy is that people for whom such is the case; yea, happy is that people whose God is the LORD.