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A ten-stringed instrument accompanies gratitude for royal rescue and a renewed plea.
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Psalms 144:9-11

on a ten-stringed instrument I will make music to you

trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war · Psalms 144

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9God, I will sing a new song to you; on a ten-stringed instrument I will make music to you.

10the one who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David his servant from the deadly sword.

11Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsehood and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

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