A Psalm of David.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.