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  144:1 ¶
[[[A Psalm] of David concerning Goliad.]] Blessed [be] the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, [and] my fingers for war. |
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144:1 ¶
[[[A Psalm] of David.]]º
Blessedºº
[be] Yahwehº
my strength,º
which teachethºº
my handsº
to war,º
[and] my fingersº
to fight:º |
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144:2
My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me. |
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144:2
My goodness,º
and my fortress;º
my high tower,º
and my deliverer;ºº
my shield,º
and [he] in whom I trust;ºº
who subduethºº
my peopleº
underº
me. |
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144:3
Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou takest account of him? |
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144:3
Yahweh,º
whatº
[is] man,º
that thou takest knowledgeºº
of him! [or] the sonº
of man,º
that thou makest accountºº
of him! |
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144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow. |
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144:4
Manº
is likeºº
to vanity:º
his daysº
[are] as a shadowº
that passeth away.ºº |
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144:5
O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. |
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144:5
Bowºº
thy heavens,º
O Yahweh,º
and come down:ºº
touchºº
the mountains,º
and they shall smoke.ºº |
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144:6
Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them. |
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144:6
Cast forthºº
lightning,º
and scatterºº
them: shoot outºº
thine arrows,º
and destroyºº
them. |
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144:7
Send forth thine hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strange children; |
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144:7
Sendºº
thine handº
from above;ºº
ridºº
me, and deliverºº
me out of greatº
waters,ºº
from the handºº
of strangeº
children;º |
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144:8
whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. |
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144:8
Whoseº
mouthº
speakethºº
vanity,º
and their right handº
[is] a right handº
of falsehood.º |
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144:9
O God, I will sing a new song to thee: I will play to thee on a psaltery of ten strings. |
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144:9
I will singºº
a newº
songº
unto thee, O Elohim:º
upon a psalteryº
[and] an instrument of ten stringsº
will I sing praisesºº
unto thee. |
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144:10
[Even] to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword. |
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144:10
[It is he] that givethºº
salvationº
unto kings:º
who deliverethººº
Davidº
his servantº
from the hurtfulº
sword.ºº |
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144:11
Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity; |
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144:11
Ridºº
me, and deliverºº
me from the handºº
of strangeº
children,º
whoseº
mouthº
speakethºº
vanity,º
and their right handº
[is] a right handº
of falsehood:º |
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144:12
whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a temple. |
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144:12
Thatº
our sonsº
[may be] as plantsº
grown upºº
in their youth;º
[that] our daughtersº
[may be] as corner stones,º
polishedºº
[after] the similitudeº
of a palace:º |
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144:13
Their garners are full, and bursting with one kind of store after another; their sheep are prolific, multiplying in their streets. |
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144:13
[That] our garnersº
[may be] full,º
affordingºº
all manner of store:ººº
[that] our sheepº
may bring forth thousandsºº
and ten thousandsºº
in our streets:º |
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144:14
Their oxen are fat: there is no falling down of a hedge, nor going out, nor cry in their folds. |
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144:14
[That] our oxenº
[may be] strong to labour;ºº
[that there be] noº
breaking in,º
norº
going out;ºº
that [there be] noº
complainingº
in our streets.º |
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144:15
Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, [but] blessed is the people whose God is the Lord. |
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144:15
Happyº
[is that] people,º
that is in such a case:ºº
[yea], happyº
[is that] people,º
whose Elohimº
[is] Yahweh.ºº |
