Psalms - Chapter 144 | English Standard Version

  • 1. Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
  • 2. he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
  • 3. O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
  • 4. Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
  • 5. Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
  • 6. Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!
  • 7. Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners,
  • 8. whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
  • 9. I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
  • 10. who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
  • 11. Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
  • 12. May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;
  • 13. may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
  • 14. may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
  • 15. Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!
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