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1. Praise and thanks be to the Lord, my rock. He makes my hands ready for war, and my fingers for battle.
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1. A Psalm of David H1732 . Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 my strength H6697 , which teacheth H3925 my hands H3027 to war H7128 , and my fingers H676 to fight H4421 :
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2. He is my loving-kindness and my walls of strength, my strong place and the One Who sets me free, my safe-covering and the One in Whom I trust. He brings my people under my rule.
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2. My goodness H2617 , and my fortress H4686 ; my high tower H4869 , and my deliverer H6403 ; my shield H4043 , and he in whom I trust H2620 ; who subdueth H7286 my people H5971 under H8478 me.
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3. O Lord, what is man that You think of him, the son of man that You remember him?
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3. LORD H3068 , what H4100 is man H120 , that thou takest knowledge H3045 of him! or the son H1121 of man H582 , that thou makest account H2803 of him!
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4. Man is like a breath. His days are like a passing shadow.
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4. Man H120 is like H1819 to vanity H1892 : his days H3117 are as a shadow H6738 that passeth away H5674 .
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5. O Lord, divide Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains so they will smoke.
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5. Bow H5186 thy heavens H8064 , O LORD H3068 , and come down H3381 : touch H5060 the mountains H2022 , and they shall smoke H6225 .
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6. Send out lightning and divide them. Send out Your arrows and trouble them.
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6. Cast forth H1299 lightning H1300 , and scatter H6327 them : shoot out H7971 thine arrows H2671 , and destroy H2000 them.
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7. Put out Your hand from above. Take me out of trouble and away from the many waters, from the power of those from other lands.
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7. Send H7971 thine hand H3027 from above H4480 H4791 ; rid H6475 me , and deliver H5337 me out of great H7227 waters H4480 H4325 , from the hand H4480 H3027 of strange H5236 children H1121 ;
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8. Their mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.
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8. Whose H834 mouth H6310 speaketh H1696 vanity H7723 , and their right hand H3225 is a right hand H3225 of falsehood H8267 .
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9. I will sing a new song to You, O God. I will sing praises to You on a harp of ten strings.
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9. I will sing H7891 a new H2319 song H7892 unto thee , O God H430 : upon a psaltery H5035 and an instrument of ten strings H6218 will I sing praises H2167 unto thee.
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10. You save kings. You take Your servant David away from the sharp sword.
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10. It is he that giveth H5414 salvation H8668 unto kings H4428 : who delivereth H6475 H853 David H1732 his servant H5650 from the hurtful H7451 sword H4480 H2719 .
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11. Take me out of trouble and away from the power of those from other lands. Their mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.
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11. Rid H6475 me , and deliver H5337 me from the hand H4480 H3027 of strange H5236 children H1121 , whose H834 mouth H6310 speaketh H1696 vanity H7723 , and their right hand H3225 is a right hand H3225 of falsehood H8267 :
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12. May our young sons be like plants that are full-grown. And may our daughters be like the corner pieces of a great house.
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12. That H834 our sons H1121 may be as plants H5195 grown up H1431 in their youth H5271 ; that our daughters H1323 may be as corner stones H2106 , polished H2404 after the similitude H8403 of a palace H1964 :
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13. May our store-houses be full of all kinds of food. And may our sheep grow by the thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
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13. That our garners H4200 may be full H4392 , affording H6329 all manner of store H4480 H2177 H413 H2177 : that our sheep H6629 may bring forth thousands H503 and ten thousands H7231 in our streets H2351 :
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14. Let our cattle give birth without trouble and without loss. And may there be no cry of trouble in our streets.
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14. That our oxen H441 may be strong to labor H5445 ; that there be no H369 breaking in H6556 , nor H369 going out H3318 ; that there be no H369 complaining H6682 in our streets H7339 .
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15. Happy are the people who have all this. Yes, happy are the people whose God is the Lord!
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15. Happy H835 is that people H5971 , that is in such a case H7945 H3602 : yea , happy H835 is that people H5971 , whose God H430 is the LORD H7945 H3068 .
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