PsalmsChapter 144

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¹Of David.
Praise the LORD, my Rock.
He trains my hands for war
and my fingers for battle. ²He is my faithful love and my fortress.
He is my strong tower and the one who saves me.
He is my shield, and I run to him for safety.
He puts peoples under my rule. ³LORD, what is man, that you care about him?
What is a son of man, that you think about him? ⁴Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes by. ⁵LORD, open up your heavens and come down.
Touch the mountains so that they smoke. ⁶Send out your lightning and scatter them.
Shoot your arrows and make them run away. ⁷Reach down from on high.
Set me free and rescue me from the deep waters.
Save me from the grip of foreigners. ⁸Their mouths tell lies.
Their right hands cheat. ⁹God, I will sing a new song to you.
I will make music to you on a harp with ten strings. ¹⁰I sing to the one who gives kings the victory,
who sets his servant David free from the deadly sword. ¹¹Set me free and rescue me
from the grip of foreigners.
Their mouths tell lies.
Their right hands cheat. ¹²Then our sons will be like young plants
that grow up strong.
Our daughters will be like corner pillars,
carved to make a palace beautiful. ¹³Our storehouses will be full
with every kind of crop.
Our flocks will have thousands of lambs,
tens of thousands in our fields. ¹⁴Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
There will be no break in our walls.
No one will be taken away as a captive.
No cry of sorrow will be heard in our streets. ¹⁵Blessed are the people for whom this is true.
Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.