Psalms 144
144
A King Thanks God for Victory#Ps 144 Hebrew title: By David.
1Praise the LORD, my protector!
He trains me for battle
and prepares me for war.
2He is my protector and defender,
my shelter and saviour,
in whom I trust for safety.
He subdues the nations under me.
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Job 7.17–18; Ps 8.4 LORD, what are mortals, that you notice them;
mere mortals, that you pay attention to them?
4They are like a puff of wind;
their days are like a passing shadow.
5O LORD, tear the sky apart and come down;
touch the mountains, and they will pour out smoke.
6Send flashes of lightning and scatter your enemies;
shoot your arrows and send them running.
7Reach down from above,
pull me out of the deep water, and rescue me;
save me from the power of foreigners,
8who never tell the truth
and lie even under oath.
9I will sing you a new song, O God;
I will play the harp and sing to you.
10You give victory to kings
and rescue your servant David.
11Save me from my cruel enemies;
rescue me from the power of foreigners,
who never tell the truth
and lie even under oath.
12May our sons in their youth
be like plants that grow up strong.
May our daughters be like stately pillars
which adorn the corners of a palace.
13May our barns be filled
with crops of every kind.
May the sheep in our fields
bear young by the tens of thousands.
14May our cattle reproduce plentifully
without miscarriage or loss.
May there be no cries of distress in our streets.
15Happy is the nation of whom this is true;
happy are the people whose God is the LORD!
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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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