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144:1  Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my Rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.
144:2  You are my safeguard and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues nations under me.
144:3  O Lord, what is man that you care for him, or the son of man that you think of him?
144:4  Man is nothing more than a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
144:5  Part the heavens, O Lord, and descend; touch the mountains so that they smoke.
144:6  Flash forth lightning bolts and scatter my foes; rout them with your arrows.
144:7  Reach forth your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters and from the power of foreign foes
144:8  whose mouths utter lies and whose right hands are raised to swear to untruths.
144:9  I will sing a new song to you, my God; on a ten-stringed lyre I will play music for you.
144:10  You grant victory to kings and deliverance to your servant David from the cruel sword.
144:11  Deliver me and rescue me from the hands of foreign foes whose mouths utter lies and whose right hands are raised to swear to untruths.
144:12  May our sons in their youth be like carefully nurtured plants, and may our daughters be like pillars designed to adorn a palace.
144:13  May our barns be filled with every kind of crop. May our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields,
144:14  and may our cattle be well fed. May there be no breach in our walls, no going into exile, no cries of distress in our streets.
144:15  Blessed are the people for whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.