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Psalms 144 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my rock, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: | Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; | Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. | |
| 2 | My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. | he 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. | He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. | |
| 3 | LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that thou makest account of him? | O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him? | LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? | |
| 4 | Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. | Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. | They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. | |
| 5 | Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. | Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke! | Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. | |
| 6 | Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out thine arrows, and discomfit them. | Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them! | Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them. | |
| 7 | Stretch forth thine hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strangers; | Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, | Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners | |
| 8 | Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. | whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. | whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. | |
| 9 | I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. | I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you, | I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, | |
| 10 | It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword. | who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword. | to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword | |
| 11 | Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. | Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. | deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. | |
| 12 | When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters as corner stones hewn after the fashion of a palace; | May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace; | Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. | |
| 13 | When our garners are full, affording all manner of store; and our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; | may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; | Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; | |
| 14 | When our oxen are well laden; when there is no breaking in, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets; | may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets! | our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. | |
| 15 | Happy is the people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is the people, whose God is the LORD. | Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! | Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the LORD. | |
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