Psalms 144
144
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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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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