Psalm 144

Psalm 144

A King’s Prayer

Davidic.

¹May the Lord, my rock, be praised, ^o

who trains my hands for battle

and my fingers for warfare. ^p

²He is my faithful love and my fortress,

my stronghold and my deliverer.

He is my shield, ^qand I take refuge in Him; ^r

He subdues my people ^sunder me. ^t

³Lord, what is man, that You care for him,

the son of man, that You think of him? ^u

⁴Man is like a breath;

his days are like a passing shadow. ^v

⁵Lord, part Your heavens and come down. ^w

Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. ^x

⁶Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; ^y

shoot Your arrows and rout them. ^z

⁷Reach down ^afrom heaven; ^b

rescue me from deep water, and set me free

from the grasp of foreigners ^c

⁸whose mouths speak lies,

whose right hands are deceptive. ^d

⁹God, I will sing a new song to You;

I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You ^e—

¹⁰the One who gives victory to kings,

who frees His servant David

from the deadly sword. ^f

¹¹Set me free and rescue me

from the grasp of foreigners ^g

whose mouths speak lies,

whose right hands are deceptive. ^h

¹²Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters, like corner pillars

that are carved in the palace style. ⁱ

¹³Our storehouses will be full,

supplying all kinds of produce; ^j

our flocks will increase by thousands

and tens of thousands in our open fields. ^k

¹⁴Our cattle will be well fed. ^l

There will be no breach in the walls,

no going into captivity, ^m

and no cry of lament in our public squares. ⁿ

¹⁵Happy are the people with such blessings.

Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. ^o