Psalms 144
Psalm 144
A King’s Prayer
Of David.
1Blessed be the Lord, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare.23He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him; he subdues my people under me.4
5Lord, what is a human that you care for him, a son of man that you think of him?6
7A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.8
9Lord, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.10
11Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them.12
13Reach down from on high; rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners14
15whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.16
17God, I will sing a new song to you; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you —18
19the one who gives victory to kings, who frees his servant David from the deadly sword.20
21Set me free and rescue me from foreigners whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive.22
23Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style.24
25Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields.26
27Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.28
29Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.30