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Psalms • Chapter 144
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Praise the LORD, who is my rock.<br>He trains my hands for war<br>and gives my fingers skill for battle.<br>
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He is my loving ally and my fortress,<br>my tower of safety, my rescuer.<br>He is my shield, and I take refuge in him.<br>He makes the nations submit to me.<br>
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O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them,<br>mere mortals that you should think about them?<br>
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For they are like a breath of air;<br>their days are like a passing shadow.<br>
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Open the heavens, LORD, and come down.<br>Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.<br>
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Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies!<br>Shoot your arrows and confuse them!<br>
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Reach down from heaven and rescue me;<br>rescue me from deep waters,<br>from the power of my enemies.<br>
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Their mouths are full of lies;<br>they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.<br>
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I will sing a new song to you, O God (Elohim)!<br>I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.<br>
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For you grant victory to kings!<br>You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.<br>
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Save me!<br>Rescue me from the power of my enemies.<br>Their mouths are full of lies;<br>they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.<br>
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May our sons flourish in their youth<br>like well-nurtured plants.<br>May our daughters be like graceful pillars,<br>carved to beautify a palace.<br>
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May our barns be filled<br>with crops of every kind.<br>May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands,<br>even tens of thousands,<br>
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and may our oxen be loaded down with produce.<br>May there be no enemy breaking through our walls,<br>no going into captivity,<br>no cries of alarm in our town squares.<br>
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Yes, joyful are those who live like this!<br>Joyful indeed are those whose God (Elohim) is the LORD.<br>
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