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Psalms 144 : 1 - 15
Chapter 144
1 | Blessed be the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle--
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2 | My lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my deliverer, My shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
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3 | LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
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4 | Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
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5 | Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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6 | Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
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7 | Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners,
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8 | Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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9 | I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
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10 | The One who gives salvation to kings, Who delivers David His servant From the deadly sword.
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11 | Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood--
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12 | That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style;
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13 | That our barns may be full, Supplying all kinds of produce; That our sheep may bring forth thousands And ten thousands in our fields;
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14 | That our oxen may be well laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That there be no outcry in our streets.
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15 | Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the LORD!
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