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2My lovingkindness, and my fortress,
3Yahweh, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him?
4Man is like to vanity:
5Bow thy heavens, O Yahweh, and come down:
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
7Stretch forth thy hand from above; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,
8Whose mouth speaketh deceit,
9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:
10Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,
12When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth,
13[When] our garners are full, affording all manner of store,
14[When] our oxen are well laden; [When there is] no breaking in, and no going forth,
15Happy is the people that is in such a case; [Yea], happy is the people whose God is Yahweh.