Psalm 144
ESV Parallel ISV [BSB CSB ESV HCS KJV ISV NAS NET NIV NLT HEB]
English Standard VersionInternational Standard Version
1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare,
2he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.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.
3O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?3LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?
4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.4The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.
5Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!5Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.
6Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them.
7Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners,7Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners.
8whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.8Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives,
9I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,9God, I will sing a new song to you. On a harp of ten strings I will play to you—
10who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.10to you who gives victory to kings, rescuing his servant David from cruel swords.
11Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.11Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives.
12May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;12May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.
13may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;13May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields.
14may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!14May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!
15Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!15Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD.
ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved.The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.
Psalm 143
Top of Page
Top of Page