Psalms 144
New International Version - Psalms 144 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 144:1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. 144:2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. 144:3 O Lord , what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him? 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow. 144:5 Part your heavens, O Lord , and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke. 144:6 Send forth lightning and scatter {the enemies}; shoot your arrows and rout them. 144:7 Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners 144:8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. 144:9 I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, 144:10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword. 144:11 Deliver me and rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful. 144:12 Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace. 144:13 Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; 144:14 our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets. 144:15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.