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◄ Psalm 144 ►

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1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare,

1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

2he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

3LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?

3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?

4The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.

4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

5Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.

5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them.

6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.

7Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners.

7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,

8Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives,

8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

9God, I will sing a new song to you. On a harp of ten strings I will play to you—

9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—

10to you who gives victory to kings, rescuing his servant David from cruel swords.

10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.

11Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives.

11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

12May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.

12Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

13May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields.

13Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.

14May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!

14Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.

15Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD.

15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.