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1 Praise the Lord, my Rock, who trains me for war, who trains me for battle.
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1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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2 He protects me like a strong, walled city, and he loves me. He is my defender and my Savior, my shield and my protection. He helps me keep my people under control.
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2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
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3 Lord, why are people important to you? Why do you even think about human beings?
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3 O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him?
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4 People are like a breath; their lives are like passing shadows.
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4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
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5 Lord, tear open the sky and come down. Touch the mountains so they will smoke.
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5 Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
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6 Send the lightning and scatter my enemies. Shoot your arrows and force them away.
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6 Send forth lightning and scatter [the enemies]; shoot your arrows and rout them.
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7 Reach down from above. Save me and rescue me out of this sea of enemies, from these foreigners.
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7 Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners
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8 They are liars; they are dishonest.
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8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
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9 God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play to you on the ten-stringed harp.
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9 I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
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10 You give victory to kings. You save your servant David from cruel swords.
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10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.
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11 Save me, rescue me from these foreigners. They are liars; they are dishonest.
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11 Deliver me and rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
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12 Let our sons in their youth grow like plants. Let our daughters be like the decorated stones in the Temple.
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12 Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
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13 Let our barns be filled with crops of all kinds. Let our sheep in the fields have thousands and tens of thousands of lambs.
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13 Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields;
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14 Let our cattle be strong. Let no one break in. Let there be no war, no screams in our streets.
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14 our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.
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15 Happy are those who are like this; happy are the people whose God is the Lord. A psalm of praise. Of David.
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15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
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| Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Century Version Online Bible) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
