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¹ Praise the Lord, my Rock,
    who trains me for war,
    who trains me for battle.
² He protects me like a strong, walled city, and he loves me.
    He is my defender and my Savior,
my shield and my protection.
    He helps me keep my people under control.

³ Lord, why are people important to you?
    Why do you even think about human beings?
⁴ People are like a breath;
    their lives are like passing shadows.

⁵ Lord, tear open the sky and come down.
    Touch the mountains so they will smoke.
⁶ Send the lightning and scatter my enemies.
    Shoot your arrows and force them away.
⁷ Reach down from above.
    Save me and rescue me out of this sea of enemies,
    from these foreigners.
⁸ They are liars;
    they are dishonest.

⁹ God, I will sing a new song to you;
    I will play to you on the ten-stringed harp.
¹⁰ You give victory to kings.
    You save your servant David from cruel swords.
¹¹ Save me, rescue me from these foreigners.
    They are liars; they are dishonest.

¹² Let our sons in their youth
    grow like plants.
Let our daughters be
    like the decorated stones in the Temple.
¹³ Let our barns be filled
    with crops of all kinds.
Let our sheep in the fields have
    thousands and tens of thousands of lambs.
¹⁴ Let our cattle be strong.
Let no one break in.
    Let there be no war,
    no screams in our streets.

¹⁵ Happy are those who are like this;
    happy are the people whose God is the Lord.