The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 By David: Blessed be ADONAI, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.
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Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 He shows me grace; and he is my fortress, my stronghold, in whom I find shelter, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
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My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
3 ADONAI, what are mere mortals, that you notice them at all; humans, that you think about them?
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LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4 Man is like a puff of wind, his days like a fleeting shadow.
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Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5 ADONAI, lower the heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, make them pour out smoke.
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Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 Shoot out lightning, and scatter them; send out your arrows, and rout them.
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Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7 Reach out your hands from on high; rescue me; save me out of deep water, out of the power of strangers,
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Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
8 whose mouths speak worthless words and whose right hands swear false oaths.
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Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 God, I will sing a new song to you; sing praises to you with a ten-stringed harp.
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I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10 You give kings their victories; you save your servant David from the cruel sword.
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It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rescue me, save me from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak worthless words and whose right hands swear false oaths.
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Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12 Our sons in their youth will be like full-grown saplings, our daughters will be like sculptured pillars fit for the corner of a palace.
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That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13 Our barns are full with crops of every kind; the sheep in our fields number thousands, tens of thousands.
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That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14 our oxen are well-fed, our city walls have no breach, our people are not taken captive, and there are no cries of protest in our cities' open places.
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That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
15 How happy the people who live in such conditions! How happy the people whose God is ADONAI!
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Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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