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Psalm 144:1

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144:1The Lord, my protector,1 deserves praise2—

the one who trains my hands for battle,3

and my fingers for war,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.
  2. 2 Heb “blessed [be] the Lord, my rocky summit.”
  3. 3 The one who trains my hands for battle. The psalmist attributes his skill with weapons to divine enablement (see Ps 18:34). Egyptian reliefs picture gods teaching the king how to shoot a bow. See O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 265.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Blessed be the Lord, my rock,

who trains my hands for war,

and my fingers for battle;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Praise be to the Lord my Rock,

who trains my hands for war,

my fingers for battle.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Blessed be the Lord, my rock

who trains my hands for battle

and my fingers for warfare.

NLTNew Living Translation

Praise the Lord, who is my rock.

He trains my hands for war

and gives my fingers skill for battle.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock,

the one who trains my hands for battle,

my fingers for war—

KJV 1900King James Version

Blessed be the Lord my strength,

Which teacheth my hands to war,

And my fingers to fight: