Psalm 144

PSALM 144

Blessed Be Yahweh, My Rock

Of David.

¹Blessed be Yahweh, ^amy rock,

Who ^btrains my hands for war,

My fingers for battle;

²My lovingkindness and ^amy fortress,

My ^bstronghold and my deliverer,

My ^cshield and He in whom I take refuge,

Who ^dsubdues ¹my people under me.

³O Yahweh, ^awhat is man, that You know him?

Or the son of man, that You think of him?

^4aMan is like a breath;

His ^bdays are like a passing shadow.

⁵O Yahweh, ^abow Your heavens, and ^bcome down;

^cTouch the mountains, that they may smoke.

⁶Flash forth ^alightning and scatter them;

Send out Your ^barrows and confuse them.

⁷Send forth Your hand ^afrom on high;

Set me free and ^bdeliver me out of many waters,

Out of the hand of ^cforeigners

⁸Whose mouth ^aspeaks worthlessness,

And whose ^bright hand is a right hand of lying.

⁹O God, I will sing a ^anew song to You;

Upon a ^bharp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

¹⁰Who ^agives salvation to kings,

Who ^bsets David His servant free from the evil sword.

¹¹Set me free and deliver me out of the hand of the sons of a ^aforeigner,

Whose mouth ^bspeaks worthlessness

And whose ^cright hand is a right hand of lying.

¹²That our sons would be as ^agrown-up plants in their youth,

And our daughters as ^bcorner pillars ¹fashioned as for a palace;

¹³That our ^agranaries would be full, furnishing every kind of produce,

And our flocks would bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields outside;

¹⁴That our ^acattle would ¹bear

Without ^2bmishap and without ^3closs,

And without ^doutcry in our streets!

¹⁵How blessed are the people for whom this is so;

How ^ablessed are the people for whom God is Yahweh!