144:1 Of David. I Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, myfingers for war;
144:2 My safe guard and my fortress, my stronghold, my deliverer, My shield, inwhom I trust, who subdues peoples under me.II
144:3 LORD, what are mortals that you notice them; human beings, that you takethought of them?
144:4 They are but a breath; their days are like a passing shadow.
144:5 LORD, incline your heavens and come; touch the mountains and make them smoke.
144:6 Flash forth lightning and scatter my foes; shoot your arrows and rout them.
144:7 Reach out your hand from on high; deliver me from the many waters; rescue mefrom the hands of foreign foes.
144:8 Their mouths speak untruth; their right hands are raised in lying oaths.
144:9 O God, a new song I will sing to you; on a ten-stringed lyre I will play foryou.
144:10 You give victory to kings; you delivered David your servant. From themenacing sword
144:11 deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreign foes. Their mouths speakuntruth; their right hands are raised in lying oaths.III
144:12 May our sons be like plants well nurtured from their youth, Our daughters,like carved columns, shapely as those of the temple.
144:13 May our barns be full with every kind of store. May our sheep increase bythousands, by tens of thousands in our fields; may our oxen be well fattened.
144:14 May there be no breach in the walls, no exile, no outcry in our streets.
144:15 Happy the people so blessed; happy the people whose God is the LORD.