Psalms 144:1
A Psalm of David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;
Psalms 144:2
My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!
Psalms 144:3
Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?
Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Psalms 144:5
Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;
Psalms 144:6
Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:
Psalms 144:7
Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,
Psalms 144:8
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms 144:9
O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:
Psalms 144:10
Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.
Psalms 144:11
Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms 144:12
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
Psalms 144:13
Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;
Psalms 144:14
Our kine laden with young ; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.
Psalms 144:15
Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!