Psalm 144

Psalm 144

A KING’S PRAYER

Of David.

¹Blessed be the Lord, my rock^x

who trains my hands for battle

and my fingers for warfare.^y

²He is my faithful love and my fortress,

my stronghold and my deliverer.

He is my shield,^z and I take refuge in him;^aa

he subdues my people under me.^ab

³Lord, what is a human that you care for him,

a son of man^B that you think of him?^ac

⁴A human is like a breath;

his days are like a passing shadow.^ad

⁵Lord, part your heavens and come down.^ae

Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.^af

⁶Flash your lightning and scatter the foe;^C

shoot your arrows and rout them.^ag

⁷Reach down^D from on high;^ah

rescue me from deep water, and set me free

from the grasp of foreigners^ai

⁸whose mouths speak lies,

whose right hands are deceptive.^a

⁹God, I will sing a new song to you;

I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you^b—

¹⁰the one who gives victory to kings,

who frees his servant David

from the deadly sword.^c

¹¹Set me free and rescue me

from foreigners^d

whose mouths speak lies,

whose right hands are deceptive.^e

¹²Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters, like corner pillars

that are carved in the palace style.^f

¹³Our storehouses will be full,

supplying all kinds of produce;^g

our flocks will increase by thousands

and tens of thousands in our open fields.^h

¹⁴Our cattle will be well fed.^E

There will be no breach in the walls,

no going into captivity,^F

and no cry of lament in our public squares.ⁱ

¹⁵Happy are the people with such blessings.

Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.^j