1: Blessed be GOD, my mountain, who trains me to fight fair and well.
2: He's the bedrock on which I stand, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight, The high crag where I run for dear life, while he lays my enemies low.
3: I wonder why you care, GOD- why do you bother with us at all?
4: All we are is a puff of air; we're like shadows in a campfire.
5: Step down out of heaven, GOD; ignite volcanoes in the hearts of the mountains.
6: Hurl your lightnings in every direction; shoot your arrows this way and that.
7: Reach all the way from sky to sea: pull me out of the ocean of hate, out of the grip of those barbarians
8: Who lie through their teeth, who shake your hand then knife you in the back.
9: O God, let me sing a new song to you, let me play it on a twelve-string guitar--
10: A song to the God who saved the king, the God who rescued David, his servant.
11: Rescue me from the enemy sword, release me from the grip of those barbarians Who lie through their teeth, who shake your hand then knife you in the back.
12: Make our sons in their prime like sturdy oak trees, Our daughters as shapely and bright as fields of wildflowers.
13: Fill our barns with great harvest, fill our fields with huge flocks;
14: Protect us from invasion and exile--eliminate the crime in our streets.
15: How blessed the people who have all this! How blessed the people who have GOD for God! David's praise av