Psalms 144 : 1 (NLV)
Praise and thanks be to the Lord, my rock. He makes my hands ready for war, and my fingers for battle.
Psalms 144 : 2 (NLV)
He is my loving-kindness and my walls of strength, my strong place and the One Who sets me free, my safe-covering and the One in Whom I trust. He brings my people under my rule.
Psalms 144 : 3 (NLV)
O Lord, what is man that You think of him, the son of man that You remember him?
Psalms 144 : 4 (NLV)
Man is like a breath. His days are like a passing shadow.
Psalms 144 : 5 (NLV)
O Lord, divide Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains so they will smoke.
Psalms 144 : 6 (NLV)
Send out lightning and divide them. Send out Your arrows and trouble them.
Psalms 144 : 7 (NLV)
Put out Your hand from above. Take me out of trouble and away from the many waters, from the power of those from other lands.
Psalms 144 : 8 (NLV)
Their mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.
Psalms 144 : 9 (NLV)
I will sing a new song to You, O God. I will sing praises to You on a harp of ten strings.
Psalms 144 : 10 (NLV)
You save kings. You take Your servant David away from the sharp sword.
Psalms 144 : 11 (NLV)
Take me out of trouble and away from the power of those from other lands. Their mouths speak lies. And their right hand is a right hand that is false.
Psalms 144 : 12 (NLV)
May our young sons be like plants that are full-grown. And may our daughters be like the corner pieces of a great house.
Psalms 144 : 13 (NLV)
May our store-houses be full of all kinds of food. And may our sheep grow by the thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
Psalms 144 : 14 (NLV)
Let our cattle give birth without trouble and without loss. And may there be no cry of trouble in our streets.
Psalms 144 : 15 (NLV)
Happy are the people who have all this. Yes, happy are the people whose God is the Lord!
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