Psalms 144
144
Rescue Me
King David’s poetic song as he stood before Goliath # 144 As translated from the Septuagint. Put yourself in David’s place as he faced a giant named Goliath. Imagine how he felt as you read through this psalm.
1There is only one strong, safe, and secure place for me;
it’s in God alone who gives me strength for the battle.
2He’s my shelter of love and my fortress of faith,
who wraps himself around me as a secure shield.
I hide myself in this one who subdues enemies before me.
3Lord, what is it about us that you would even notice us?
Why do you even bother with us?
4For man is nothing but a faint whisper, a mere breath.
We spend our days like nothing more than a passing shadow.
5Step down from heaven, Lord, and come down!
Make the mountains melt at your touch.
6Loose your fiery lightning flashes and scatter your enemies.
Overthrow them with your terrifying judgments.
7Reach down from your heavens
and rescue me from this hell
and deliver me from these dark powers.
8They speak nothing but lies; their words are pure deceit.
Nothing they say can ever be trusted.
9My God, I will sing you a brand-new song!
The harp inside my heart will make music to you!
10I will sing of you, the one who gives victory to kings—
the one who rescues David, your loving servant,
from the fatal sword.
11Deliver me and save me from these dark powers
who speak nothing but lies.
Their words are pure deceit,
and you can’t trust anything they say.
12Deliver us! Then our homes will be happy.
Our sons will grow up as strong, sturdy men
and our daughters with graceful beauty,
royally fashioned as for a palace.
13-14Our barns will be filled to the brim,
overflowing with the fruits of our harvest.
Our fields will be full of sheep and cattle,
too many to count,
and our livestock will not miscarry their young.
Our enemies will not invade our land,
and there’ll be no breach in our walls.
15What bliss we experience when these blessings fall!
The people who love and serve our God will be happy indeed!
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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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