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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A psalm of David.
1Praise the Lord—he is my rock. He trains me for battle, he gives me skill for war.
2He is the one who faithfully loves me, protects me, and defends me. He is the one who rescues me, shields me from danger, and keeps me safe. He defeats nations and places them under my rule.
3Lord, what are human beings that you should care about them? What are people that you should concern yourself with them?
4Humanity is like a breath; their lives are like a passing shadow.
5Part your heavens and come down.#144:5. See Psalms 18:9. Touch the mountains so that they give off smoke.
6Scatter your enemies#144:6. “You enemies”: implied. with flashes of lightning! Let your arrows fly and send them running in confusion!
7Stretch down your hand from heaven and set me free. Rescue me from raging waters, from the oppression of foreign enemies.
8They are such liars, even telling lies under oath.#144:8. Literally, “their right hand is a right hand of falsehood”—referring to the practice of raising the right hand when swearing an oath.
9God, I will sing a new song to you, accompanied by a ten-stringed harp,
10to you, the one who gives victory to kings. You saved your servant David from death by the sword.
11Set me free. Rescue me from the oppression of foreign enemies. They are such liars, even telling lies under oath.
12Then our sons will grow up like plants in their youth and become mature, and our daughters will be like beautiful pillars carved to support a palace.
13Our storehouses will be full of all kinds of crops; our flocks of sheep will grow by thousands, increasing by tens of thousands in the pastures.
14Our cattle will grow fat. No one will break down our city walls, there will be no exile, no cries of mourning in our town squares.
15The people who live like this will be happy. Happy are those whose God is the Lord.
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