Psalms 144 By David. Blessed is the LORD my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ By David. Blessed is the LORD my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle. ² my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and one in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me. ³ LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him? ⁴ Man is like the breath: his days are like a passing shadow. ⁵ Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. ⁶ Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them. ⁷ Stretch out your hands from on high; Rescue me and deliver me from many waters, from the hand of foreigners, ⁸ Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives, ⁹ I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you. ¹⁰ You who gives salvation to kings, who delivers His servant David from the evil sword. ¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives. ¹² Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace. ¹³ Our barns will be full, filled with all kinds of provision; our sheep will bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields. ¹⁴ Our oxen will pull heavy loads, there will be no breaking in and no going away, and no crying in our streets. ¹⁵ Blessed are the people who have it thus. Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.