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Chapter 144
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Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands
to war, and my fingers to fight: |
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My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my
deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth
my people under me. |
3
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LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him!
or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! |
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Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that
passeth away. |
5
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Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains,
and they shall smoke. |
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Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine
arrows, and destroy them. |
7
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Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me
out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; |
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Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is
a right hand of falsehood. |
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I 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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It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth
David his servant from the hurtful sword. |
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Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,
whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is
a right hand of falsehood: |
12
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That 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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That 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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That 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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Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea,
happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. |
