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[1] BLESSED be the LORD, my strength, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight;
[2] My refuge and my deliverer; my shield and my helper, upon whom I trust, who subdues nations under me.
[3] LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that thou art mindful of him?
[4] Man is like vapour; his days are as a shadow that passes away.
[5] Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down; rebuke the mountains, and they shall smoke.
[6] Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
[7] Stretch forth thy hand from above; deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of the ungodly,
[8] Whose mouths speak vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[9] I will sing a new song to thee, O God; upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises to thee.
[10] It is he who gives salvation to kings; who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword.
[11] Deliver me from the hand of the wicked, whose mouths speak 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 brides richly adorned after the fashion of temples;
[13] That our storehouses may be full to overflowing; that our sheep may multiply abundantly in our streets;
[14] That our cattle may be strong and there be none barren among them; that there be no stealing, and that there be no mourning in our streets.
[15] Happy is the people who have all these things; yea, happy is the people, whose God is the LORD.
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