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Psalms 144

¹Praise the Lord, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.

²He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.

³O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?

⁴For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow.

⁵Open the heavens, Lord, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.

⁶Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them!

⁷Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.

⁸Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.

⁹I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.

¹⁰For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.

¹¹Save me! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.

¹²May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.

¹³May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands,

¹⁴and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares.

¹⁵Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the Lord.

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