Psalms 144
1 A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war.
A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
2 My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.
My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me.
3 O Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him?
LORD, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him?
4 Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.
Man is like unto a breath; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5 O Lord, incline your heavens and descend. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
6 Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.
7 Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners.
Stretch forth Thy hands from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of many waters, out of the hand of strangers;
8 Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
Whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying.
9 To you, O God, I will sing a new song. On the psaltery, with an instrument of ten strings, I will sing psalms to you.
O God, I will sing a new song unto Thee, upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto Thee;
10 He gives salvation to kings. He has redeemed your servant David from the malignant sword.
Who givest salvation unto kings, who rescuest David Thy servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of the sons of foreigners. Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying.
12 Their sons are like new plantings in their youth. Their daughters are dressed up: adorned all around like the idols of a temple.
We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace;
13 Their cupboards are full: overflowing from one thing into another. Their sheep bear young, brought forth in abundance.
Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
14 Their cattle are fat. There is no ruined wall or passage, nor anyone crying out in their streets.
Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places;
15 They have called the people that has these things: blessed. But blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
Happy is the people that is in such a case. Yea, happy is the people whose God is the LORD.
