Psalms 144
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1Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
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2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
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3LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
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4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
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7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
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8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
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10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
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11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
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12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
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13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
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14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
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15Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
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