1.8 KiB
Psalm 144
- Praise the LORD, who is my rock.
He trains my hands for war
and gives my fingers skill for battle.
- 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.
- O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them,
mere mortals that you should think about them?
- For they are like a breath of air;
their days are like a passing shadow.
- Open the heavens, LORD, and come down.
Touch the mountains so they billow smoke.
- Hurl your lightning bolts and scatter your enemies!
Shoot your arrows and confuse them!
- Reach down from heaven and rescue me;
rescue me from deep waters,
from the power of my enemies.
Their mouths are full of lies;
they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.
- I will sing a new song to you, O God!
I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.
- For you grant victory to kings!
You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.
- 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.
- May our sons flourish in their youth
like well-nurtured plants.
May our daughters be like graceful pillars,
carved to beautify a palace.
- May our barns be filled
with crops of every kind.
May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands,
even tens of thousands,
- 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.
- Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD.