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1 Bless the LORD, my rock, who taught my hands how to fight, who taught my fingers how to do battle!
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Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
2 God is my loyal one, my fortress, my place of safety, my rescuer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, and the one who subdues people before me.
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my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues the peoples under me.
3 What are human beings, LORD, that you know them at all? What are human beings that you even consider them?
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O Lord, what are human beings that you regard them, or mortals that you think of them?
4 Humans are like a puff of air; their days go by like a shadow.
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They are like a breath; their days are like a passing shadow.
5 LORD, part your skies and come down! Touch the mountains so they smoke!
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Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke.
6 Flash lightning and scatter the enemy! Shoot your arrows and defeat them!
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Make the lightning flash and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them.
7 Stretch out your hand from above! Rescue me and deliver me from deep water, from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak lies,
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Stretch out your hand from on high; set me free and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hand of aliens,
8 and whose strong hand is a strong hand of deception!
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whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hands are false.
9 I will sing a new song to you, God. I will sing praises to you on a ten-stringed harp,
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I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
10 to you—the one who gives saving help to rulers, and who rescues his servant David from the evil sword.
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the one who gives victory to kings, who rescues his servant David.
11 Rescue me and deliver me from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak lies, and whose strong hand is a strong hand of deception,
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Rescue me from the cruel sword, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hands are false.
12 so that our sons can grow up fully, in their youth, like plants; so that our daughters can be like pillars carved to decorate a palace;
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May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars, cut for the building of a palace.
13 so that our barns can be full, providing all kinds of food; so that our flocks can be in the thousands— even tens of thousands—in our fields;
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May our barns be filled, with produce of every kind; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields,
14 so that our cattle can be loaded with calves; so that there won't be any breach in the walls, no exile, no outcries in our streets!
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and may our cattle be heavy with young. May there be no breach in the walls, no exile, and no cry of distress in our streets.
15 The people who have it like this are truly happy! The people whose God is the LORD are truly happy!
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Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall; happy are the people whose God is the Lord.
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