Psalms 144
144
PSALM 144
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of David.
1O blessed ever be the Lord,
who is my strength and might,
Who doth instruct my hands to war,
my fingers teach to fight.
2My goodness, fortress, my high tow'r,
deliverer, and shield,
In whom I trust: who under me
my people makes to yield.
3Lord, what is man, that thou of him
dost so much knowledge take?
Or son of man, that thou of him
so great account dost make?
4Man is like vanity; his days,
as shadows, pass away.
5Lord, bow thy heav'ns, come down, touch thou
the hills, and smoke shall they.
6Cast forth thy lightning, scatter them;
thine arrows shoot, them rout.
7Thine hand send from above, me save;
from great depths draw me out;
And from the hand of children strange,
8Whose mouth speaks vanity;
And their right hand is a right hand
that works deceitfully.
9A new song I to thee will sing,
Lord, on a psaltery;
I on a ten-string'd instrument
will praises sing to thee.
10Ev'n he it is that unto kings
salvation doth send;
Who his own servant David doth
from hurtful sword defend.
11O free me from strange children's hand,
whose mouth speaks vanity;
And their right hand a right hand is
that works deceitfully.
12That, as the plants, our sons may be
in youth grown up that are;
Our daughters like to corner-stones,
carv'd like a palace fair.
13That to afford all kind of store
our garners may be fill'd;
That our sheep thousands, in our streets
ten thousands they may yield.
14That strong our oxen be for work,
that no in-breaking be,
Nor going out; and that our streets
may from complaints be free.
15Those people blessed are who be
in such a case as this;
Yea, blessed all those people are,
whose God JEHOVAH is.
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Tehillim (Psa) 144
144
1By David:
Blessed be Adonai, my rock,
who trains my hands for war
and my fingers for battle.
2He shows me grace; and he is my fortress,
my stronghold, in whom I find shelter,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues my people under me.
3Adonai, what are mere mortals,
that you notice them at all;
humans, that you think about them?
4Man is like a puff of wind,
his days like a fleeting shadow.
5Adonai, lower the heavens, and come down;
touch the mountains, make them pour out smoke.
6Shoot out lightning, and scatter them;
send out your arrows, and rout them.
7Reach out your hands from on high;
rescue me; save me out of deep water,
out of the power of strangers,
8whose mouths speak worthless words
and whose right hands swear false oaths.
9God, I will sing a new song to you;
sing praises to you with a ten-stringed harp.
10You give kings their victories;
you save your servant David from the cruel sword.
11Rescue me, save me from the power of strangers,
whose mouths speak worthless words
and whose right hands swear false oaths.
12Our sons in their youth will be
like full-grown saplings,
our daughters will be like sculptured pillars
fit for the corner of a palace.
13Our barns are full with crops of every kind;
the sheep in our fields number thousands, tens of thousands.
14our oxen are well-fed,
our city walls have no breach,
our people are not taken captive,
and there are no cries of protest in our cities’ open places.
15How happy the people who live in such conditions!
How happy the people whose God is Adonai!
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