1. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war,and my fingers for battle;
2. he is my steadfast love and my fortress,my stronghold and my deliverer,my shield and he in whom I take refuge,who subdues peoples under me.
3. O Lord, what is man that you regard him,or the son of man that you think of him?
4. Man is like a breath;his days are like a passing shadow.
5. Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
6. Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!
7. Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,from the hand of foreigners,
8. whose mouths speak liesand whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9. I will sing a new song to you, O God;upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,