1. The Lord, my protector, deserves praise – the one who trains my hands for battle,and my fingers for war,
2. who loves me and is my stronghold,my refuge and my deliverer,my shield and the one in whom I take shelter,who makes nations submit to me.
3. O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them?Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
4. People are like a vapor,their days like a shadow that disappears.
5. O Lord, make the sky sink and come down!Touch the mountains and make them smolder!
6. Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them!Shoot your arrows and rout them!
7. Reach down from above!Grab me and rescue me from the surging water,from the power of foreigners,
8. who speak lies,and make false promises.
9. O God, I will sing a new song to you!Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,