Psalm 144
144
A Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity
A Psalm of David.
1Blessed be the Lord my strength,
which teacheth my hands to war,
and my fingers to fight:
2my goodness, and my fortress;
my high tower, and my deliverer;
my shield, and he in whom I trust;
who subdueth my people under me.
3 #
Job 7.17,18; Ps 8.4. Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him!
or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4Man is like to vanity:#144.4 vanity, Hebrew breath.
his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down:
touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them:
shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7Send thine hand from above;
rid me, and deliver me out of great waters,
from the hand of strange children;
8whose mouth speaketh vanity,
and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:
upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings
will I sing praises unto thee.
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings:
who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,
whose mouth speaketh vanity,
and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;
that our daughters may be as corner stones,
polished after the similitude of a palace:
13 that our garners may be full,
affording all manner of store;
that our sheep may bring forth thousands
and ten thousands in our streets:
14 that our oxen may be strong to labor;
that there be no breaking in, nor going out;
that there be no complaining in our streets.
15Happy is that people, that is in such a case:
yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Psalms 144
144
A Prayer for Victory and Prosperity
1Of David.
I
#Composed of phrases from Ps 18:3, 35, 47–48.Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for battle,
my fingers for war;
2My safeguard and my fortress,
my stronghold, my deliverer,
My shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me.
II
3#Similar to Ps 8:4.Lord, what is man that you take notice of him;
the son of man, that you think of him?#Jb 7:17.
4#Composed of phrases from Ps 39:6; 102:12.Man is but a breath,
his days are like a passing shadow.#Ps 62:10; 90:9–10; Jb 7:16; Eccl 6:12; Wis 2:5.
5#Adapted in large part from Ps 18:10, 15, 17; 104:32.Lord, incline your heavens and come down;
touch the mountains and make them smoke.#Is 63:19.
6Flash forth lightning and scatter my foes;
shoot your arrows and rout them.
7Reach out your hand from on high;
deliver me from the many waters;
rescue me from the hands of foreign foes.
8Their mouths speak untruth;
their right hands are raised in lying oaths.#144:8b, 11b] Their right hands are raised in lying oaths: the psalmist’s enemies give false testimony.
9O God, a new song I will sing to you;
on a ten-stringed lyre I will play for you.#Ps 33:2–3.
10You give victory to kings;
you delivered David your servant.#Ps 18:51.
From the menacing sword 11deliver me;
rescue me from the hands of foreign foes.
Their mouths speak untruth;
their right hands are raised in lying oaths.
III
12May our sons be like plants#Ps 128:3.
well nurtured from their youth,
Our daughters, like carved columns,
shapely as those of the temple.
13May our barns be full
with every kind of store.
May our sheep increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
may our oxen be well fattened.
14May there be no breach in the walls,
no exile, no outcry in our streets.#Is 65:19.
15Blessed the people so fortunate;
blessed the people whose God is the Lord.#Ps 33:12.
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