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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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Blessed be GOD, my mountain, who trains me to fight fair and well.
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Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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Blessed be the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle--
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Bless the LORD, who is my rock. He gives me strength for war and skill for battle.
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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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He's the bedrock on which I stand, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight, The high crag where I run for dear life, while he lays my enemies low.
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He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
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My lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my deliverer, My shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
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He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my deliverer. He stands before me as a shield, and I take refuge in him. He subdues the nations under me.
Ps.144.3
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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I wonder why you care, GOD- why do you bother with us at all?
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O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him?
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LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
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O LORD, what are mortals that you should notice us, mere humans that you should care for us?
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Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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All we are is a puff of air; we're like shadows in a campfire.
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Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
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Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
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For we are like a breath of air; our days are like a passing shadow.
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Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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Step down out of heaven, GOD; ignite volcanoes in the hearts of the mountains.
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Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
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Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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Bend down the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.
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Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
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Hurl your lightnings in every direction; shoot your arrows this way and that.
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Send forth lightning and scatter {the enemies}; shoot your arrows and rout them.
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Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
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Release your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Release your arrows and confuse 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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Reach all the way from sky to sea: pull me out of the ocean of hate, out of the grip of those barbarians
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Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners
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Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners,
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Reach down from heaven and rescue me; deliver me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.
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Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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Who lie through their teeth, who shake your hand then knife you in the back.
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whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
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Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie.
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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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O God, let me sing a new song to you, let me play it on a twelve-string guitar--
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I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
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I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
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I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.
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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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A song to the God who saved the king, the God who rescued David, his servant.
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to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.
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The One who gives salvation to kings, Who delivers David His servant From the deadly sword.
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For you grant victory to kings! You are the one who rescued your servant David.
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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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Rescue me from the enemy sword, release me from the grip of those barbarians Who lie through their teeth, who shake your hand then knife you in the back.
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Deliver me and rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
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Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood--
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Save me from the fatal sword! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie.
Ps.144.12
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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Make our sons in their prime like sturdy oak trees, Our daughters as shapely and bright as fields of wildflowers.
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Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
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That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; That our daughters may be as pillars, Sculptured in palace style;
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May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify 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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Fill our barns with great harvest, fill our fields with huge flocks;
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Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields;
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That our barns may be full, Supplying all kinds of produce; That our sheep may bring forth thousands And ten thousands in our fields;
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May our farms be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands,
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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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Protect us from invasion and exile--eliminate the crime in our streets.
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our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.
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That our oxen may be well laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That there be no outcry in our streets.
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and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no breached walls, no forced exile, no cries of distress in our squares.
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Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
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How blessed the people who have all this! How blessed the people who have GOD for God! David's praise av
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Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
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Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the LORD!
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Yes, happy are those who have it like this! Happy indeed are those whose God is the LORD.
