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            <div class="label">144</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">A Prayer for Victory</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">Of David.</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content">, my Rock,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">who trains me for war,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.144.1"><span class="content">who trains me for battle.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He protects me like a strong, walled city, and he loves&#160;me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">He is my defender and my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">my shield and my protection.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.144.2"><span class="content">He helps me keep my people under control.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content">, why are people important to you?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.144.3"><span class="content">Why do you even think about human beings?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">People are like a breath;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.144.4"><span class="content">their lives are like passing shadows.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content">, tear open the sky and come down.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.144.5"><span class="content">Touch the mountains so they will smoke.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Send the lightning and scatter my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.144.6"><span class="content">Shoot your arrows and force them away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Reach down from above.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">Save me and rescue me out of this sea of enemies,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.144.7"><span class="content">from these foreigners.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are liars;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.144.8"><span class="content">they are dishonest.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">God, I will sing a new song to you;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.144.9"><span class="content">I will play to you on the ten-stringed harp.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You give victory to kings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.144.10"><span class="content">You save your servant David from cruel swords.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Save me, rescue me from these foreigners.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.144.11"><span class="content">They are liars; they are dishonest.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let our sons in their youth</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">grow like plants.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">Let our daughters be</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.144.12"><span class="content">like the decorated stones in the Temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let our barns be filled</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">with crops of all kinds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">Let our sheep in the fields have</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.144.13"><span class="content">thousands and tens of thousands of lambs.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Let our cattle be strong.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">Let no one break in.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">Let there be no war,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.144.14"><span class="content">no screams in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Happy are those who are like this;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.144.15"><span class="content">happy are the people whose God is the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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Of David.
Praise the LORD, my Rock,
who trains me for war,
who trains me for battle.
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.
LORD, why are people important to you?
Why do you even think about human beings?
People are like a breath;
their lives are like passing shadows.
LORD, tear open the sky and come down.
Touch the mountains so they will smoke.
Send the lightning and scatter my enemies.
Shoot your arrows and force them away.
Reach down from above.
Save me and rescue me out of this sea of enemies,
from these foreigners.
They are liars;
they are dishonest.
God, I will sing a new song to you;
I will play to you on the ten-stringed harp.
You give victory to kings.
You save your servant David from cruel swords.
Save me, rescue me from these foreigners.
They are liars; they are dishonest.
Let our sons in their youth
grow like plants.
Let our daughters be
like the decorated stones in the Temple.
Let our barns be filled
with crops of all kinds.
Let our sheep in the fields have
thousands and tens of thousands of lambs.
Let our cattle be strong.
Let no one break in.
Let there be no war,
no screams in our streets.
Happy are those who are like this;
happy are the people whose God is the LORD.

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