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¹ Blessed be the Lord, my ^(a)rock,
    ^(b)who trains my hands for war,
    and my fingers for battle;
² he is my ^(c)steadfast love and my ^(d)fortress,
    my ^(e)stronghold and my deliverer,
my ^(f)shield and he in whom I take refuge,
    who ^(g)subdues peoples^[a] under me.

³ O Lord, ^(h)what is man that you ⁽ⁱ⁾regard him,
    or the son of man that you think of him?
^4 (j)Man is like a breath;
    his days are like ^(k)a passing ^(l)shadow.

^5 (m)Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
    ⁽ⁿ⁾Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
^6 (o)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
    ^(p)send out your arrows and rout them!
^7 (q)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    ^(r)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand ^(s)of foreigners,
⁸ whose mouths speak ^(t)lies
    and whose right hand is ^(u)a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will sing ^(v)a new song to you, O God;
    upon ^(w)a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
¹⁰ who gives victory to kings,
    who ^(x)rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me
    from the hand ^(y)of foreigners,
whose mouths speak ^(z)lies
    and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹² May our sons in their youth
    be like ^(aa)plants full grown,
our daughters like ^(ab)corner pillars
    cut for the structure of a palace;
^13 (ac)may our granaries be full,
    ^(ad)providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
    and ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ may our cattle be heavy with young,
    suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;^[b]
may there be no ^(ae)cry of distress in our streets!
^15 (af)Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
    ^(ag)Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!