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145">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(By David.)</h3><h3 class="s1">A Prayer for the Nation</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.1" class="v19_144_1">1</span>I praise you, <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_1">You are my mighty rock,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.144.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_1">and you teach me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_1">how to fight my battles.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.2" class="v19_144_2">2</span>You are my friend, my fortress,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_2">where I am safe.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_2">You are my shield,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_2">and you made me the ruler</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_2">of our people.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.144.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.3" class="v19_144_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.144.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Why do we humans mean anything</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_3">to you, our <span class="nd">Lord</span>?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_3">Why do you care about us?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.4" class="v19_144_4">4</span>We disappear like a breath;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_4">we last no longer</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_4">than a faint shadow.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.5" class="v19_144_5">5</span>Open the heavens like a curtain</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_5">and come down, <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_5">Touch the mountains</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_5">and make them send up smoke.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.6" class="v19_144_6">6</span>Use your lightning as arrows</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_6">to scatter my enemies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_6">and make them run away.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.7" class="v19_144_7">7</span>Reach down from heaven</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_7">and set me free.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_7">Save me from the mighty flood</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.8" class="v19_144_8">8</span>of those lying foreigners</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_8">who never tell the truth.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.9" class="v19_144_9">9</span>In praise of you, our God,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_9">I will sing a new song,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_9">while playing my harp.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.10" class="v19_144_10">10</span>By your power, kings win wars,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_10">and your servant David is saved</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_10">from deadly swords.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.11" class="v19_144_11">11</span>Won't you keep me safe</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_11">from those lying foreigners</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_11">who never tell the truth?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.12" class="v19_144_12">12</span>Let's pray that our young sons</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_12">will grow like strong plants</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_12">and that our daughters</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_12">will be as lovely as columns</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_12">in the corner of a palace.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.13" class="v19_144_13">13</span>May our barns be filled</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_13">with all kinds of crops.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_13">May our fields be covered</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_13">with sheep by the thousands,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.14" class="v19_144_14">14</span>and every cow have calves.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.144.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_14">Don't let our city be captured</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_14">or any of us be taken away,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_14">and don't let cries of sorrow</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_14">be heard in our streets.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.144.15" class="v19_144_15">15</span>Our <span class="nd">Lord</span> and our God,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_144_15">you give these blessings</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_144_15">to all who worship you.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">144.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">mighty rock: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 18.2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">144.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">of our people: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some Hebrew manuscripts and ancient translations have “of the nations.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">144.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">have calves: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “grow fat.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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