| Christian Standard Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. | 1Davidic. May the LORD, my rock, be praised, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. |
| 2He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him; he subdues my people under me. | 2He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in Him; He subdues my people under me. |
| 3LORD, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him? | 3 LORD, what is man, that You care for him, the son of man, that You think of him? |
| 4A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. | 4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. |
| 5LORD, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. | 5 LORD, part Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. |
| 6Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them. | 6Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot Your arrows and rout them. |
| 7Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners | 7Reach down from heaven; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners |
| 8whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. | 8whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
| 9God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you-- | 9God, I will sing a new song to You; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You-- |
| 10the one who gives victory to kings, who frees his servant David from the deadly sword. | 10the One who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. |
| 11Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. | 11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. |
| 12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. | 12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. |
| 13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields. | 13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields. |
| 14Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares. | 14Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares. |
| 15Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD. | 15Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. |
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