Psalm 144

1 Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare,ISV — Psalm 144:1

2 he 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 ^{a144:2 So LXX; the Heb. lacks subdues} peoples ^{b144:2 So DSS 11QPs Sebir Aquila Syr Targ Hieronymus; cf. Psa 18:48; 2 Sam 22:48; LXX reads subdues my people} under me.ISV — Psalm 144:2

3 LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?ISV — Psalm 144:3

4 The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.ISV — Psalm 144:4

5 Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; ^{c144:5 So MT (imperfect verb); LXX, DSS 11QPs read and descend!; i.e. a verb of command} touch the mountains, and they will smolder.ISV — Psalm 144:5

6 Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, ^{d144:6 Lit. scatter them} shoot your arrows and confuse them.ISV — Psalm 144:6

7 Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners. ^{e144:7 Lit. the hand of the sons of strangers}ISV — Psalm 144:7

8 Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives, ^{f144:8 i.e. they swear to false oaths}ISV — Psalm 144:8

9 God, I will sing a new song to you. On a harp of ten strings I will play to you—ISV — Psalm 144:9

10 to you who gives victory to kings, rescuing his servant David from cruel swords.ISV — Psalm 144:10

11 Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, ^{g144:11 Lit. the hand of the sons of strangers} whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives. ^{h144:11 i.e. they swear to false oaths}ISV — Psalm 144:11

12 May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.ISV — Psalm 144:12

13 May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields.ISV — Psalm 144:13

14 May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!ISV — Psalm 144:14

15 Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD.ISV — Psalm 144:15