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11 Keep me safe from the power of foreign people.
    They speak lies.
    Even when they make a promise, it is false.
12 When our sons are young,
    may they grow quickly, like strong plants.
May our daughters become tall and beautiful,
    like the beautiful pillars in a king's house.
13 May our homes have plenty of different kinds of food.
May our sheep have thousands of lambs,
    so that there is no space in our fields.

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11 deliver me;
    rescue me(A) from the hands of foreigners(B)
whose mouths are full of lies,(C)
    whose right hands are deceitful.(D)

12 Then our sons in their youth
    will be like well-nurtured plants,(E)
and our daughters will be like pillars(F)
    carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled(G)
    with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
    by tens of thousands in our fields;

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