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1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and 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 my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues the 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 O Lord, what are human beings that you regard them, or 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 passing shadow.
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Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
5 Bow your heavens, O 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 Make the lightning flash and scatter them; send out 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 Stretch out your hand from on high; set me free and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hand of aliens,
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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 speak lies, and whose right hands are false.
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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, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play 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 the one who gives victory to kings, who rescues his servant David.
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It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
11 Rescue me from the cruel sword, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hands are false.
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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 May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars, cut for the building of 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 May our barns be filled, with produce of every kind; may our sheep 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 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.
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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 Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall; happy are 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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