Psalm 144
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1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2he 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.2He 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.
3O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
5Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
6Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
7Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners,7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
8whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
9I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
10who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
11Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
12May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
14may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!14Our 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.
15Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
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