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Psalm 144:1-4
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144 1-2 Blessed be God, my mountain,
    who trains me to fight fair and well.
He’s the bedrock on which I stand,
    the castle in which I live,
    my rescuing knight,
The high crag where I run for dear life,
    while he lays my enemies low.

3-4 I wonder why you care, God—
    why do you bother with us at all?
All we are is a puff of air;
    we’re like shadows in a campfire.

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Psalm 144:1-4
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Psalm 144

Of David.

1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock,(A)
    who trains my hands for war,
    my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress,(B)
    my stronghold(C) and my deliverer,
my shield,(D) in whom I take refuge,
    who subdues peoples[a](E) under me.

3 Lord, what are human beings(F) that you care for them,
    mere mortals that you think of them?
4 They are like a breath;(G)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.(H)

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  1. Psalm 144:2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people
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