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Of David.

Praise be to the Lord my Rock,^(a) who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

He is my loving God and my fortress,^(b) my stronghold^(c) and my deliverer, my shield,^(d) in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples^[a](e) under me.

Lord , what are human beings^(f) that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?

They are like a breath;^(g) their days are like a fleeting shadow.^(h)

Part your heavens,⁽ⁱ⁾ Lord , and come down;^(j) touch the mountains, so that they smoke.^(k)

Send forth lightning^(l) and scatter^(m) the enemy; shoot your arrows⁽ⁿ⁾ and rout them.

Reach down your hand from on high;^(o) deliver me and rescue me^(p) from the mighty waters,^(q) from the hands of foreigners^(r)

whose mouths are full of lies,^(s) whose right hands^(t) are deceitful.^(u)

I will sing a new song^(v) to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre^(w) I will make music to you,

to the One who gives victory to kings,^(x) who delivers his servant David.^(y) From the deadly sword^(z)

¹¹deliver me; rescue me^(aa) from the hands of foreigners^(ab) whose mouths are full of lies,^(ac) whose right hands are deceitful.^(ad)

Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants,^(ae) and our daughters will be like pillars^(af) carved to adorn a palace.

Our barns will be filled^(ag) with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields;

our oxen^(ah) will draw heavy loads.^[b] There will be no breaching of walls,^(ai) no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.^(aj)

Blessed is the people^(ak) of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the Lord .