Psalms 144
A King’s Prayer
1Davidic. May the Lord, my rock, be praised, awho trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare. b
2 He is my faithful love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield, c and I take refuge in Him; d
He subdues my people ▼ under me. f
3 Lord, what is man, that You care for him,
the son of man, that You think of him? g
4 Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow. h
5 Lord, part Your heavens and come down. i
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. j
6 Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; ▼
▼Lit scatter them
shoot Your arrows and rout them. l
7 Reach down ▼
▼Lit down Your hands
from heaven; nrescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners o
8 whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive. p
9 God, I will sing a new song to You;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You q –
10 the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword. r
11 Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners s
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive. t
12 Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style. u
13 Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce; v
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields. w
14 Our 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. z
15 Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is ▼
▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.
Yahweh. ab
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