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Psalm 144

Blessed Be the LORD, My Rock

verse 1Of David.

Blessed be the LORD, my Rock,

who trains my hands for war,

my fingers for battle.

verse 2He is my steadfast love and my fortress,

my stronghold and my deliverer.

He is my shield, in whom I take refuge,

who subdues peoplesa under me.

verse 3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him,

the son of man that You think of him?

verse 4Man is like a breath;

his days are like a passing shadow.

verse 5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down;

touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

verse 6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them;

shoot Your arrows and rout them.

verse 7Reach down from on high;

set me free and rescue me

from the deep waters,

from the grasp of foreigners,

verse 8whose mouths speak falsehood,

whose right hands are deceitful.

verse 9I will sing to You a new song, O God;

on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You —

verse 10to Him who gives victory to kings,

who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.

verse 11Set me free and rescue me

from the grasp of foreigners,

whose mouths speak falsehood,

whose right hands are deceitful.

verse 12Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters like corner pillars

carved to adorn a palace.

verse 13Our storehouses will be full,

supplying all manner of produce;

our flocks will bring forth thousands,

tens of thousands in our fields.

verse 14Our oxen will bear great loads.b

There will be no breach in the walls,

no going into captivity,

and no cry of lament in our streets.

verse 15Blessed are the people of whom this is so;

blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Translation notes

  1. a 2 Many Hebrew manuscripts, DSS, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people
  2. b 14 Or Our chieftains will be firmly established

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) Source: Berean.Bible