¹ <A Psalm. Of David.> Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:

³⁴ He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

² The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

¹⁰ Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.

¹¹ Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

⁴ (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

³ For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

⁴ You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.

³⁵ He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

³⁰ How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?

³¹ For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.

³¹ For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

²⁴ Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

⁴ Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.

¹ O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.

³ Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

¹² Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.