1  A Psalm of David. Blessed be YHWH my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

title  A Psalm of David concerning Goliad.

1  Blessed be the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, and my fingers for war.

1  BLESSED be the LORD, my strength, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight;

2  My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me.

2  My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.

2  My refuge and my deliverer; my shield and my helper, upon whom I trust, who subdues nations under me.

3  YHWH, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him?

3  O Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him?

4  Man is like unto a breath; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

4  Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.

4  Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.

5  O YHWH, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

5  O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

5  O Lord, incline your heavens and descend. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

6  Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.

6  Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.

6  Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.

7  Stretch forth Thy hands from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of many waters, out of the hand of strangers;

7  Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners.

8  Whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying.

8  Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.

9  O God, I will sing a new song unto Thee, upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto Thee;

9  To you, O God, I will sing a new song. On the psaltery, with an instrument of ten strings, I will sing psalms to you.

9  I will sing a new song to thee, O God; upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises to thee.

10  Who givest salvation unto kings, who rescuest David Thy servant from the hurtful sword.

10  Even to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword.

10  He gives salvation to kings. He has redeemed your servant David from the malignant sword.

11  Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying.

11  Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity;

11  Deliver me from the hand of the wicked, whose mouths speak vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

12  We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace;

12  whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a temple.

12  That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as brides richly adorned after the fashion of temples;

13  Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

13  Their garners are full, and bursting with one kind of store after another; their sheep are prolific, multiplying in their streets.

13  That our storehouses may be full to overflowing; that our sheep may multiply abundantly in our streets;

14  Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places;

14  Their cattle are fat. There is no ruined wall or passage, nor anyone crying out in their streets.

14  That our cattle may be strong and there be none barren among them; that there be no stealing, and that there be no mourning in our streets.

15  Happy is the people that is in such a case. Yea, happy is the people whose God is YHWH.

15  Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, but blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

15  They have called the people that has these things: blessed. But blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.