Psalms 144
1 [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:
Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
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 under me.
3 LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
4 Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
10 [It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood:
Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
12 That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13 [That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
14 [That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.
Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
15 Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
