Psalms 143

1By David; against Goliath. Blessed is the Lord my God, Who trains my hands for battle, My fingers for war;

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2He is my mercy and my refuge, My helper and my deliverer, My protector in whom I hope, Who subjects my people under me.

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3O Lord, what is man, that You are made known to him, Or the son of man, that You consider him?

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4Man is become like vanity, His days like a passing shadow.

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5O Lord, bow down Your heavens and descend; Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke;

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6Flash lightning, and You shall scatter them; Shoot Your arrows, and You shall trouble them.

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7Send forth Your hand from on high; Deliver me and save me from great waters, From the hand of the sons of foreigners,

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8Whose mouth speaks empty things, And their right hand is the right hand of wrongdoing.

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9O God, I shall sing a new song to You; I shall play to You on a harp of ten strings,

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10To Him who gives salvation to kings, Who redeems David His servant from the evil sword.

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11Deliver me and save me from the hand of the sons of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks empty things, And their right hand is a right hand of wrongdoing,

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12Whose sons are like new plants Matured in their youth, Their daughters beautified, Adorned like a temple;

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13Their storehouses are full, Bursting forth with abundance on all sides; Their sheep give many births, Multiplying in their streets;

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14Their oxen are fat; There is no gap in their fence or passage, Nor outcry in their streets.

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15They call the people blessed, whose lot this is; But rather, blessed is the people Whose God is the Lord.

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