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Lord, open up the heavens!
    Leave your home and come down to earth!
Touch the mountains so that they burn with smoke.
Send bright lightning to frighten your enemies.
Shoot your arrows at them
    so that they run away.[a]
Put your hand down from heaven,
    and pick me out from the deep water.[b]
Save me from the power of foreign people.

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Footnotes

  1. 144:6 The lightning is like arrows that come from God.
  2. 144:7 David feels like he is in deep and dangerous water, because his enemies are giving him a lot of trouble.

Part your heavens,(A) Lord, and come down;(B)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(C)
Send forth lightning(D) and scatter(E) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows(F) and rout them.
Reach down your hand from on high;(G)
    deliver me and rescue me(H)
from the mighty waters,(I)
    from the hands of foreigners(J)

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