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Psalms 144

World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible

144:1
Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
144:2
my loving kindness, my fortress,
He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples (note: Many Hebrew manuscripts, DSS, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people) under me.
144:3
LORD, what is man, that you care for him?
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
144:4
Man is like a breath.
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
144:5
Part your heavens, LORD, and come down.
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
144:6
Throw out lightning, and scatter them.
Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
144:7
Stretch out your hand from above,
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
144:8
whose mouths speak deceit,
whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
144:9
I will sing a new song to you, God.
I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
144:10
You are he who gives salvation to kings,
to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
144:11
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
144:12
Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants,
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
144:13
Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
144:14
Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
Our oxen will bear great loads (note: Or Our chieftains will be firmly established). There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
144:15
Happy are the people who are in such a situation.
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.