Psalms 144
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Psalm 144
By David.
1Thank the Lord, my rock,
who trained my hands to fight
and my fingers to do battle,
2my merciful one, my fortress,
my stronghold, and my savior,
my shield, the one in whom I take refuge,
and the one who brings people under my authority.
3O Lord, what are humans that you should care about them?
What are mere mortals that you should think about them?
4Humans are like a breath of air.
Their life span is like a fleeting shadow.
5O Lord, bend your heaven low, and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
6Hurl bolts of lightning, and scatter them.
Shoot your arrows, and throw them into confusion.
7Stretch out your hands from above.
Snatch me, and rescue me from raging waters
and from foreigners’ hands.
8Their mouths speak lies.
Their right hands take false pledges.
9O God, I will sing a new song to you.
I will sing a psalm to you on a ten-stringed harp.
10You are the one who gives victory to kings.
You are the one who snatches your servant David
away from a deadly sword.
11Snatch me, and rescue me from foreigners’ hands.
Their mouths speak lies.
Their right hands take false pledges.
12May our sons be like full-grown, young plants.
May our daughters be like stately columns
that adorn the corners of a palace.
13May our barns be filled with all kinds of crops.
May our sheep give birth to thousands of lambs,
tens of thousands in our fields.
14May our cattle have many calves.
May no one break in, and may no one be dragged out.
May there be no cries of distress in our streets.
15Blessed are the people who have these blessings!
Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
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Psalms 144
144
A King’s Prayer
Davidic.
1May the Lord, my rock, be praised, # 1Sm 2:2; Ps 18:2; 19:14; 92:15; 95:1; Is 26:4
who trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare. # Ps 18:34
2He is my faithful love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield, # Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 28:7; 115:9-11; Pr 2:7 and I take refuge in Him; # 2Sm 22:3; Ps 18:2; 71:1-3; 91:4; 144:2; Pr 30:5
He subdues my people # Some Hb mss, DSS, Aq, Syr, Tg, Jer read subdues peoples ; 2Sm 22:48; Ps 18:47 under me. # Ps 18:39,47
3Lord, what is man, that You care for him,
the son of man, that You think of him? # Jb 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6
4Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow. # Ps 102:11; 109:23
5Lord, part Your heavens and come down. # 2Sm 22:10; Ps 18:9-10
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. # Ps 104:32
6Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; # Lit scatter them
shoot Your arrows and rout them. # Ps 18:14; Hab 3:11; Zch 9:14
7Reach down # Lit down Your hands from heaven; # Ps 18:16
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners # Ps 69:14
8whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive. # Ps 12:2; 41:6; 106:26
9God, I will sing a new song to You;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You # Ps 33:2-3; 40:3 —
10the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword. # Ps 18:50
11Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners # Ps 69:14
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive. # Ps 12:2; 41:6; 106:26
12Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style. # Ps 92:12-14; 128:3
13Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce; # Ps 107:37-38
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields. # Pr 3:9-10
14Our cattle will be well fed. # Or will bear heavy loads, or will be pregnant
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity, # Or be no plague, no miscarriage
and no cry of lament in our public squares. # Is 24:11; Jr 14:2
15Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. # Ps 33:12
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