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The Book of Psalms, 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.
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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.
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