Psalm 144 — Legacy Standard Bible

Blessed Be Yahweh, My Rock

144

Of David.

Blessed be Yahweh, ^amy rock,Who ^btrains my hands for war,My fingers for battle;²My lovingkindness and ^amy fortress,My ^bstronghold and my deliverer,My ^cshield and He in whom I take refuge,Who ^dsubdues ¹my people under me.³O Yahweh, ^awhat is man, that You know him?Or the son of man, that You think of him?⁴^aMan is like a breath;His ^bdays are like a passing shadow.⁵O Yahweh, ^abow Your heavens, and ^bcome down;^cTouch the mountains, that they may smoke.⁶Flash forth ^alightning and scatter them;Send out Your ^barrows and confuse them.⁷Send forth Your hand ^afrom on high;Set me free and ^bdeliver me out of many waters,Out of the hand of ^cforeigners⁸Whose mouth ^aspeaks worthlessness,And whose ^bright hand is a right hand of lying.⁹O God, I will sing a ^anew song to You;Upon a ^bharp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,¹⁰Who ^agives salvation to kings,Who ^bsets David His servant free from the evil sword.¹¹Set me free and deliver me out of the hand of the sons of a ^aforeigner,Whose mouth ^bspeaks worthlessnessAnd whose ^cright hand is a right hand of lying.¹²That our sons would be as ^agrown-up plants in their youth,And our daughters as ^bcorner pillars ¹fashioned as for a palace;¹³That our ^agranaries would be full, furnishing every kind of produce,And our flocks would bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields outside;¹⁴That our ^acattle would ¹bearWithout ²^,^bmishap and without ³^,^closs,And without ^doutcry in our streets!¹⁵How blessed are the people for whom this is so;How ^ablessed are the people for whom God is Yahweh!