Psalms 144
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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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Psalms 144
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Psalm 144
A King’s Prayer
Of David.
1Blessed be the Lord, my rock#1Sm 2:2; Ps 18:2; 19:14; 92:15; 95:1; Is 26:4
who trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare.#Ps 18:34
2He is my faithful love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield,#Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 28:7; 115:9–11; Pr 2:7 and I take refuge in him;#2Sm 22:3; Ps 18:2; 71:1–3; 91:4; 144:2; Pr 30:5
he subdues my people#144:2 Some Hb mss, DSS, Aq, Syr, Tg, Jer read subdues peoples; 2Sm 22:48; Ps 18:47 under me.#Ps 18:39,47
3 Lord, what is a human that you care for him,
a son of man#144:3 Or a mere mortal that you think of him?#Jb 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6
4A human is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.#Ps 102:11; 109:23
5 Lord, part your heavens and come down.#2Sm 22:10; Ps 18:9–10
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.#Ps 104:32
6Flash your lightning and scatter the foe;#144:6 Lit scatter them
shoot your arrows and rout them.#Ps 18:14; Hab 3:11; Zch 9:14
7Reach down#144:7 Lit down your hands from on high;#Ps 18:16
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners#Ps 69:14
8whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.#Ps 12:2; 41:6; 106:26
9God, I will sing a new song to you;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you#Ps 33:2–3; 40:3 —
10the one who gives victory to kings,
who frees his servant David
from the deadly sword.#Ps 18:50
11Set me free and rescue me
from foreigners#Ps 69:14
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.#Ps 12:2; 41:6; 106:26
12Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style.#Ps 92:12–14; 128:3
13Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce;#Ps 107:37–38
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields.#Pr 3:9–10
14Our cattle will be well fed.#144:14 Or will bear heavy loads, or will be pregnant
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity,#144:14 Or be no plague, no miscarriage
and no cry of lament in our public squares.#Is 24:11; Jr 14:2
15Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.#Ps 33:12
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