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Chapter 144 |
| 1 | Blessed be the
LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
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| 2 | 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. |
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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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4 | Man is like to vanity: his days are as
a shadow that passeth away. |
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5 | Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down:
touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. |
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6 | Cast forth lightning, and
scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. |
| 7 | Send thine
hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of
strange children; |
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8 | Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is
a right hand of falsehood. |
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9 | 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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11 | 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 | 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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13 | That our garners may be
full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands
and ten thousands in our streets: |
| 14 | 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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15 | Happy is that people, that is in such
a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. |
