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.1Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare.
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 faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him; he subdues my people under me.
3O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?3LORD, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him?
4For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow.4A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
5Open the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.5LORD, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
6Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them!6Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; 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 from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners
8Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.8whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.
9I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.9God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you--
10For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.10the one who gives victory to kings, who frees 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.11Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.
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 will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style.
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 storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open 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 cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.
15Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD.15Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.
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