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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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<A Psalm. Of David.> Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:
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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He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.
3 LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
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Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?
4 They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
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Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
5 Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
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Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.
6 Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.
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With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.
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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Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;
8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
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In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
9 I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
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I will make a new song to you, O God; I will make melody to you on an instrument of ten cords.
10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword
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It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
11 deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
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Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
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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Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;
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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Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
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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Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.
15 Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the LORD.
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Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
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