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1 Give praise to the Lord. He is my rock. He trains my hands for war. He trains 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 He is my loving God. He is like a fort to me. He is my place of safety and the One who saves me. He is like a shield that keeps me safe. I go to him for safety. He brings nations under my 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, what is a human being that you take care of him? What is a son of man that you think about 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 His life doesn't last any longer than a breath. His days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.
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4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
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5 Lord, open up your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will pour out 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 flashes of lightning and scatter my enemies. Shoot your arrows and chase 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 My enemies are like a mighty flood. Reach down from heaven and save me. Save me from strangers who attack me.
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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 tell all kinds of lies with their mouths. Even when they make a promise by raising their right hands, they don't mean it.
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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 make music to you on a harp that has ten strings.
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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 are the One who helps kings win battles. You save your servant David from dying by the 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 Save me. Set me free from strangers who attack me. They tell all kinds of lies with their mouths. Even when they make a promise by raising their right hands, they don't mean it.
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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 While our sons are young, they will be like healthy plants. Our daughters will be like pillars that have been made to decorate a palace.
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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 Our storerooms will be filled with every kind of food. The sheep in our fields will increase by thousands. They will increase by tens of thousands.
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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 Our oxen will pull heavy loads. None of our city walls will be broken down. No one will be carried off as a prisoner. No cries of pain will be heard 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 Blessed are the people about whom all of those things are true. Blessed 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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