Psalms 144 : 1 (NLT)
Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.
Psalms 144 : 2 (NLT)
He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.
Psalms 144 : 3 (NLT)
O LORD, who are we that you should notice us, mere mortals that you should care for us?
Psalms 144 : 4 (NLT)
For we are like a breath of air; our days are like a passing shadow.
Psalms 144 : 5 (NLT)
Open the heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.
Psalms 144 : 6 (NLT)
Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies! Shoot your arrows and confuse them!
Psalms 144 : 7 (NLT)
Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.
Psalms 144 : 8 (NLT)
Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.
Psalms 144 : 9 (NLT)
I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.
Psalms 144 : 10 (NLT)
For you grant victory to kings! You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.
Psalms 144 : 11 (NLT)
Save me! Rescue me from the power of my enemies. Their mouths are full of lies; they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.
Psalms 144 : 12 (NLT)
May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.
Psalms 144 : 13 (NLT)
May our barns be filled with crops of every kind. May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of thousands,
Psalms 144 : 14 (NLT)
and may our oxen be loaded down with produce. May there be no enemy breaking through our walls, no going into captivity, no cries of alarm in our town squares.
Psalms 144 : 15 (NLT)
Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD. A psalm of praise of David.
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