Psalms 144
1 [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight;
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.
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.
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.
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 have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him?
4 Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.
Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
O Lord, incline your heavens and descend. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot thy arrows, and destroy them.
Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.
7 Send thy hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners.
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
9 I will sing a new song to thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises to thee.
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.
10 [It is he] that giveth salvation to kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
He gives salvation to kings. He has redeemed your servant David from the malignant 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 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.
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:
Their sons are like new plantings in their youth. Their daughters are dressed up: adorned all around like the idols of a temple.
13 [That] our granaries [may be] full, affording all manner of store; [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Their cupboards are full: overflowing from one thing into another. Their sheep bear young, brought forth in abundance.
14 [That] our oxen [may be] strong to labor; that [there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.
Their cattle are fat. There is no ruined wall or passage, nor anyone crying out in their streets.
15 Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yes], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.
They have called the people that has these things: blessed. But blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
