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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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Praise the Lord, my Rock, who trains me for war, who trains me for battle.
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 protects me like a strong, walled city, and he loves me. He is my defender and my Savior, my shield and my protection. He helps me keep my people under control.
3 LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
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Lord, why are people important to you? Why do you even think about human beings?
4 They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
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People are like a breath; their lives are like passing shadows.
5 Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
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Lord, tear open the sky and come down. Touch the mountains so they will smoke.
6 Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.
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Send the lightning and scatter my enemies. Shoot your arrows and force them away.
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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Reach down from above. Save me and rescue me out of this sea of enemies, from these foreigners.
8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
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They are liars; they are dishonest.
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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God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play to you on the ten-stringed harp.
10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword
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You give victory to kings. You save your servant David from cruel swords.
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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Save me, rescue me from these foreigners. They are liars; they are dishonest.
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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Let our sons in their youth grow like plants. Let our daughters be like the decorated stones in the Temple.
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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Let our barns be filled with crops of all kinds. Let our sheep in the fields have thousands and tens of thousands of lambs.
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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Let our cattle be strong. Let no one break in. Let there be no war, no screams in our streets.
15 Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the LORD.
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Happy are those who are like this; happy are the people whose God is the Lord. A psalm of praise. Of David.