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