Psalms 144
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Psalm 144
Of David.
1Bless the LORD, my rock,
who taught my hands how to fight,
who taught my fingers how to do battle!
2God is my loyal one, my fortress,
my place of safety, my rescuer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
and the one who subdues people before me.
3What are human beings, LORD, that you know them at all?
What are human beings that you even consider them?
4Humans are like a puff of air;
their days go by like a shadow.
5 LORD, part your skies and come down!
Touch the mountains so they smoke!
6Flash lightning and scatter the enemy!
Shoot your arrows and defeat them!
7Stretch out your hand from above!
Rescue me and deliver me from deep water,
from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak lies,
8and whose strong hand is a strong hand of deception!
9I will sing a new song to you, God.
I will sing praises to you on a ten-stringed harp,
10to you—the one who gives saving help to rulers,
and who rescues his servant David from the evil sword.
11Rescue me and deliver me from the power of strangers,
whose mouths speak lies,
and whose strong hand is a strong hand of deception,
12so that#144.12 Heb uncertain our sons can grow up fully, in their youth, like plants;
so that our daughters can be like pillars carved to decorate a palace;
13so that our barns can be full, providing all kinds of food;
so that our flocks can be in the thousands—
even tens of thousands—in our fields;
14so that our cattle can be loaded with calves;
so that there won’t be any breach in the walls,
no exile, no outcries in our streets!
15The people who have it like this are truly happy!
The people whose God is the LORD are truly happy!
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Psalm 144
144
My Rock and My Fortress
Of David.
1Blessed be the Lord, my #See Ps. 18:2, 31, 46 rock,
#
Ps. 18:34
who trains my hands for war,
and my fingers for battle;
2he is my #[Ps. 59:10, 17; Jonah 2:8] steadfast love and my #Ps. 18:2; 91:2 fortress,
my #Ps. 18:2; 59:9 stronghold and my deliverer,
my #Ps. 7:10; 18:2 shield and he in whom I take refuge,
who #Ps. 18:47subdues peoples#144:2 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people under me.
3O Lord, #See Ps. 8:4 what is man that you #See Ps. 31:7regard him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
4 #
Ps. 39:5 Man is like a breath;
his days are like #Ps. 102:11; 109:23 a passing #Job 8:9shadow.
5 #
Ps. 18:9; [Isa. 64:1] Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
# See Ps. 104:32 Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
6 # See Ps. 18:14 Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
# See Ps. 18:14 send out your arrows and rout them!
7 #
Ps. 18:16 Stretch out your hand from on high;
#
Ps. 69:14 rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
from the hand #Ps. 18:44, 45of foreigners,
8whose mouths speak #Ps. 12:2; 41:6 lies
and whose right hand is #[Ps. 106:26; Gen. 14:22; Deut. 32:40; Isa. 62:8]a right hand of falsehood.
9I will sing #Ps. 33:2, 3a new song to you, O God;
upon #Ps. 33:2, 3a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
10who gives victory to kings,
who #Ps. 18:50rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
11Rescue me and deliver me
from the hand #[See ver. 7 above] of foreigners,
whose mouths speak #[See ver. 8 above]lies
and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12May our sons in their youth
be like #[Ps. 128:3] plants full grown,
our daughters like #[Zech. 9:15]corner pillars
cut for the structure of a palace;
13 # [Joel 2:24] may our granaries be full,
# [Isa. 30:23] providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
and ten thousands in our fields;
14may our cattle be heavy with young,
suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;#144:14 Hebrew with no breaking in or going out
may there be no #[Isa. 24:11; Jer. 14:2; 46:12]cry of distress in our streets!
15 #
Deut. 33:29 Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
#
Ps. 33:12; 146:5 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
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