1.5 KiB
Psalm 144A King's Prayer
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Blessed be the Lord, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare.
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He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him; he subdues my people under me.
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Lord, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him?
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A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
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Lord, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
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Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them.
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Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners
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whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.
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God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you--
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the one who gives victory to kings, who frees his servant David from the deadly sword.
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Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.
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Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style.
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Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields.
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Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.
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Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.