1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
1For the one directing. A Psalm of David. May YHWH answer you in the day of distress; may the name of the God of Jacob set you on high.
2May He send you help from the sanctuary
and sustain you from Zion.
2May He send help for you from the Holy Place, and from Zion may He support you.
3May He remember all your gifts
and look favorably on your burnt offerings.
Selah
3May He remember all your gifts, and anoint your burnt offering. Selah
4May He give you the desires of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
4may He give to you according to your heart, and fulfill all your counsel.
5May we shout for joy at your victory
and raise a banner in the name of our God.
May the LORD grant all your petitions.
5We will rejoice in your salvation, and we will raise a banner in the name of our God; may YHWH fulfill all your petitions.
6Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed;
He answers him from His holy heaven
with the saving power of His right hand.
6Now I know that YHWH brings salvation for His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven, with the saving might of His right hand.
7Some trust in chariots and others in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
7These in the chariots, and these in the horses, but we, in the name of YHWH our God, will remember.
8They collapse and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.
8They have bowed down and fallen, and we have risen and stand upright.
9O LORD, savea the king.
Answer us on the day we call.
9O YHWH, save the king! Answer us on the day we call.