Psalm 144
New American Standard Bible 2020
Chapter overview
Psalm 144 holds human frailty beside protection, trained courage, and public well-being. Rescue is sought not for conquest alone but for thriving children, full stores, healthy flocks, secure streets, and communal happiness.
CourageProtectionProsperityPeace
1Blessed be the Lord, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;
2My faithfulness and my fortress, My stronghold and my savior, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
3Lord, what is man, that You look after him? Or a son of man, that You think of him?
4Man is like the breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
5¶Bend down Your heavens, Lord, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
6Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Send out Your arrows and confuse them.
7Reach out with Your hand from on high; Rescue me and save me from great waters, From the hand of foreigners
8Whose mouth speaks deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9¶God, I will sing a new song to You; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
10Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues His servant David from the evil sword.
11Rescue me and save me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks deceit And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12¶When our sons in their youth are like growing plants, And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace,
13Our granaries are full, providing every kind of produce, And our flocks deliver thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
14May our cattle be bred Without mishap and without loss, May there be no outcry in our streets!
15Blessed are the people who are so situated; Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
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