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1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war--
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Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and [one] in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me.
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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.
3 O Yahweh, what [is] humankind that you take knowledge of him, [or the] son of man that you take thought of him?
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LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
4 Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.
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They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
5 O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke.
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Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
6 Flash forth lightning and scatter them; dispatch your arrows and rout them.
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Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.
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