Psalms 144 : 1 (ESV)
OF DAVID.Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
Psalms 144 : 2 (ESV)
he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
Psalms 144 : 3 (ESV)
O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
Psalms 144 : 4 (ESV)
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Psalms 144 : 5 (ESV)
Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
Psalms 144 : 6 (ESV)
Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!
Psalms 144 : 7 (ESV)
Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners,
Psalms 144 : 8 (ESV)
whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms 144 : 9 (ESV)
I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
Psalms 144 : 10 (ESV)
who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
Psalms 144 : 11 (ESV)
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms 144 : 12 (ESV)
May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;
Psalms 144 : 13 (ESV)
may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
Psalms 144 : 14 (ESV)
may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
Psalms 144 : 15 (ESV)
Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!
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