Psalm 144

Psalm 144

Of David.

¹Praise be to the Lord my Rock,^l

who trains my hands for war,

my fingers for battle.

²He is my loving God and my fortress,^m

my strongholdⁿ and my deliverer,

my shield,^o in whom I take refuge,

who subdues peoples^ap under me.

³Lord, what are human beings^q that you care for them,

mere mortals that you think of them?

⁴They are like a breath;^r

their days are like a fleeting shadow.^s

⁵Part your heavens,^t Lord, and come down;^u

touch the mountains, so that they smoke.^v

⁶Send forth lightning^w and scatter^x the enemy;

shoot your arrows^y and rout them.

⁷Reach down your hand from on high;^z

deliver me and rescue me^a

from the mighty waters,^b

from the hands of foreigners^c

⁸whose mouths are full of lies,^d

whose right hands^e are deceitful.^f

⁹I will sing a new song^g to you, my God;

on the ten-stringed lyre^h I will make music to you,

¹⁰to the One who gives victory to kings,ⁱ

who delivers his servant David.^j

From the deadly sword^{k 11}deliver me;

rescue me^l from the hands of foreigners^m

whose mouths are full of lies,ⁿ

whose right hands are deceitful.^o

¹²Then our sons in their youth

will be like well-nurtured plants,^p

and our daughters will be like pillars^q

carved to adorn a palace.

¹³Our barns will be filled^r

with every kind of provision.

Our sheep will increase by thousands,

by tens of thousands in our fields;

¹⁴our oxen^s will draw heavy loads.^b

There will be no breaching of walls,^t

no going into captivity,

no cry of distress in our streets.^u

¹⁵Blessed is the people^v of whom this is true;

blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.