Psalms 144
1 [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:
A psalm of David. Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands for war and 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.
You are my covenant faithfulness and my fortress, my high tower and the one who rescues me, my shield and the one in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues nations under me.
3 LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Yahweh, what is man that you take notice of him or the son of man that you think about 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.
Cause the sky to sink and come down, Yahweh; touch the mountains and make them smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Send flashes of lightning and scatter my enemies; shoot your arrows and drive them back in confusion.
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Reach out your hand from above; rescue me out of many waters, from the hand of foreigners.
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand is falsehood.
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 a new song to you, God; on a lute of ten strings I will sing praises to you,
10 [It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
who give salvation to kings, who rescued David your servant from an evil 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:
Rescue me and free me from the hand of foreigners. Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand is falsehood.
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:
May our sons be like plants who grow to full size in their youth and our daughters like carved corner pillars, shapely like those of 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:
May our storehouses be full with every kind of produce, and may our sheep produce thousands and ten 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.
Then our oxen will have many young. No one will break through our walls; there will be no exile and no outcry 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 is the people with such blessings; happy is the people whose God is Yahweh.
