Psalm 144
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1Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.1Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.2He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
3O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?3LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
4For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow.4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
5Open the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.5Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
6Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them!6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.
7Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.7Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners
8Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.8whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
9I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.9I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
10For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.10to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword
11Save me! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.11deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.
12May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.12Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands,13Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields;
14and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares.14our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.
15Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD.15Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the LORD.
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