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He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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"You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your gentleness has made me great.
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You enlarged my path under me; So my feet did not slip.
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"I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
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And I have destroyed them and wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.
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For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose against me.
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You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.
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They looked, but there was none to save; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
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Then I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trod them like dirt in the streets, And I spread them out.
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"You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me as the head of the nations. A people I have not known shall serve me.
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The foreigners submit to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.