Psalms 144 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 To David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, teaching my hands for the encounter, my fingers for war; 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 mercy and my fortress, my height and delivering for me; my shield, and in him I put my trust; treading down peoples 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 O Jehovah, what is man and thou wilt know him? the son of man, and thou wilt reckon 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 was likened to vanity: his days as a shadow passing 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 O Jehovah, incline thy heavens, and thou wilt come down: touch upon 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 Send forth the lightning, and thou wilt scatter them: send thine arrows, and thou wilt destroy 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 Send thy hands from height; snatch me away, and deliver me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of the stranger; 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 Whom their mouth spake vanity, and their right hand 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 O God, a new song will I sing to thee; with an instrument of ten strings, I will play on the harp to 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 Giving salvation to kings: snatch in away David his servant from the evil 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 Snatch me away and deliver me from the hand of the sons of the stranger, whom their mouth spake vanity, and their right hand 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 That our sons as plants growing great in their youth, our daughters as corners variegated, the likeness of a temple: 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 Our garners being filled, bringing forth from sort to sort; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our streets: 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 Our oxen bearing no breaking, and no coming forth, and no complaining in our broad places. 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 the people thus and thus to him: happy the people Jehovah his God. 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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