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Blessed Be Yahweh, My Rock

¹ Blessed be Yahweh, ^(C1)my rock,
Who ^(C2)trains my hands for war,
My fingers for battle;

² My lovingkindness and ^(C1)my fortress,
My ^(C2)stronghold and my deliverer,
My ^(C3)shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who ^(C4)subdues ^(F1)my people under me.

³ O Yahweh, ^(C1)what is man, that You know him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?

^4 (C1)Man is like a breath;
His ^(C2)days are like a passing shadow.

⁵ O Yahweh, ^(C1)bow Your heavens, and ^(C2)come down;
^(C3)Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

⁶ Flash forth ^(C1)lightning and scatter them;
Send out Your ^(C2)arrows and confuse them.

⁷ Send forth Your hand ^(C1)from on high;
Set me free and ^(C2)deliver me out of many waters,
Out of the hand of ^(C3)foreigners

⁸ Whose mouth ^(C1)speaks worthlessness,
And whose ^(C2)right hand is a right hand of lying.

⁹ O God, I will sing a ^(C1)new song to You;
Upon a ^(C2)harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

¹⁰ Who ^(C1)gives salvation to kings,
Who ^(C2)sets David His servant free from the evil sword.

¹¹ Set me free and deliver me out of the hand of the sons of a ^(C1)foreigner,
Whose mouth ^(C2)speaks worthlessness
And whose ^(C3)right hand is a right hand of lying.

¹² That our sons would be as ^(C1)grown-up plants in their youth,
And our daughters as ^(C2)corner pillars ^(F1)fashioned as for a palace;

¹³ That our ^(C1)granaries would be full, furnishing every kind of produce,
And our flocks would bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields outside;

¹⁴ That our ^(C1)cattle would ^(F1)bear
Without ^(F2)(C2)mishap and without ^(F3)(C3)loss,
And without ^(C4)outcry in our streets!

¹⁵ How blessed are the people for whom this is so;
How ^(C1)blessed are the people for whom God is Yahweh!