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1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers 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 My lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my deliverer, My shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
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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, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
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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 Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
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4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
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5 Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they shall 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 Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
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6 Send forth lightning and scatter [the enemies]; shoot your arrows and rout them.
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7 Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of 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 Whose mouth speaks vain words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
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9 I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
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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 The One who gives salvation to kings, Who delivers David His servant From the deadly sword.
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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 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood--
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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 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style;
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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 That our barns may be full, Supplying all kinds of produce; That our sheep may bring forth thousands And ten thousands in our fields;
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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 That our oxen may be well-laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That there be no outcry 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 the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!
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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 King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) |
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) |
