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David benedictus Dominus fortis meus qui docet manus meas ad proelium digitos meos ad bellum
David adversus Goliad benedictus Dominus Deus meus qui docet manus meas ad proelium digitos meos ad bellum
Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.
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misericordia mea et fortitudo mea auxiliator meus et salvator meus scutum meum et in ipso speravi qui subiecit populos mihi
misericordia mea et refugium meum susceptor meus et liberator meus protector meus et in eo speravi qui subdis populum meum sub me
My mercy, and my refuge: my support, and my deliverer: My protector, and I have hoped in him: who subdueth my people under me.
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Domine quid est homo quia cognoscis eum filius hominis quia conputas eum
Domine quid est homo quia innotuisti ei aut filius hominis quia reputas eum
Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
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homo vanitati adsimilatus est dies eius quasi umbra pertransiens
homo vanitati similis factus est dies eius sicut umbra praetereunt
Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow.
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Domine inclina caelos tuos et descende tange montes et fumigabunt
Domine inclina caelos tuos et descende tange montes et fumigabunt
Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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mica fulmine et dissipa eos mitte sagittam tuam et interfice illos
fulgora coruscationem et dissipabis eos emitte sagittas tuas et conturbabis eos
Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trouble them.
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extende manum tuam de excelso libera me et erue me de aquis multis de manu filiorum alienorum
emitte manum tuam de alto eripe me et libera me de aquis multis de manu filiorum alienorum
Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of strange children:
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quorum os locutum est vanitatem et dextera eorum dextera mendacii
quorum os locutum est vanitatem et dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis
Whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
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Deus canticum novum cantabo tibi in psalterio decacordo psallam tibi
Deus canticum novum cantabo tibi in psalterio decacordo psallam tibi
To thee, O God, I will sing a new canticle: on the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises to thee.
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qui dat salutem regibus qui eruit David servum suum de gladio pessimo
qui das salutem regibus qui redimit David servum suum de gladio maligno
Who givest salvation to kings: who hast redeemed thy servant David from the malicious sword:
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libera me et erue me de manu filiorum alienorum quorum os locutum est vanitatem et dextera eorum dextera mendacii
eripe me et eripe me de manu filiorum alienigenarum quorum os locutum est vanitatem et dextera eorum dextera iniquitatis
Deliver me, And rescue me out of the hand of strange children; whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity:
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ut sint filii nostri quasi plantatio crescens in adulescentia sua filiae nostrae quasi anguli ornati ad similitudinem templi
quorum filii sicut novella plantationis in iuventute sua filiae eorum conpositae circumornatae ut similitudo templi
Whose sons are as new plants in their youth: Their daughters decked out, adorned round about after the similitude of a temple:
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promptuaria nostra plena et supereffundentia ex hoc in illud pecora nostra in milibus et innumerabilia in conpitis nostris
promptuaria eorum plena eructantia ex hoc in illud oves eorum fetosae abundantes in egressibus suis
Their storehouses full, flowing out of this into that. Their sheep fruitful in young, abounding in their goings forth:
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tauri nostri pingues non est interruptio et non est egressus et non est ululatus in plateis nostris
boves eorum crassi non est ruina maceriae neque transitus neque clamor in plateis eorum
Their oxen fat. There is no breach of wall, nor passage, nor crying out in their streets.
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beatus populus cuius talia sunt beatus populus cuius Dominus Deus suus
beatum dixerunt populum cui haec sunt beatus populus cuius Dominus Deus eius
They have called the people happy, that hath these things: but happy is that people whose God is the Lord.
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