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
144
A Psalm of David.
1Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war,
and my fingers for battle;
2my rock#144.2 With Ps 18.2, 2 Sam 22.2: Heb my steadfast love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield and he in whom I take refuge,
who subdues the peoples under him.#144.2 Another reading is my people under me
3O Lord, what is man that thou dost regard him,
or the son of man that thou dost think of him?
4Man is like a breath,
his days are like a passing shadow.
5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down!
Touch the mountains that they smoke!
6Flash forth the lightning and scatter them,
send out thy arrows and rout them!
7Stretch forth thy hand from on high,
rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
from the hand of aliens,
8whose mouths speak lies,
and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9I will sing a new song to thee, O God;
upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to thee,
10who givest victory to kings,
who rescuest David thy#144.10 Heb his servant.
11Rescue me from the cruel sword,
and deliver me from the hand of aliens,
whose mouths speak lies,
and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12May our sons in their youth
be like plants full grown,
our daughters like corner pillars
cut for the structure of a palace;
13may our garners be full,
providing all manner of store;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
and ten thousands in our fields;
14may our cattle be heavy with young,
suffering no mischance or failure in bearing;
may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
15Happy the people to whom such blessings fall!
Happy the people whose God is the Lord!
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