Psalm 144

New King James Version

^3 (B)Lord, whatisman, that You take knowledge of him?
Orthe son of man, that You are mindful of him?
^4 (C)Man is like a breath;
^(D)His daysarelike a passing shadow.

^5 (E)Bow down Your heavens, OLord, and come down;
^(F)Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
^6 (G)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
⁷ Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
⁸ Whose mouth^(H)speaks^[b]lying words,
And whose right handisa right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will^(I)sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
¹⁰ The Onewho gives^[c]salvation to kings,
^(J)Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right handisa right hand of falsehood—
¹² That our sonsmay be^(K)as plants grown up in their youth;
Thatour daughtersmay beas^[d]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
¹³ Thatour barnsmay befull,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
Thatour sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ Thatour oxenmay bewell laden;
That there beno^[e]breaking in or going out;
That there beno outcry in our streets.
^15 (L)Happyarethe people who are in such a state;
Happyarethe people whose GodistheLord!