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Psalm 144
New International Version

### Psalm 144

#### Of David.

1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock,(A)
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress,(B)
my stronghold(C) and my deliverer,
my shield,(D) in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples[a](E) under me.

3 Lord, what are human beings(F) that you care for them,
mere mortals that you think of them?
4 They are like a breath;(G)
their days are like a fleeting shadow.(H)

5 Part your heavens,(I) Lord, and come down;(J)
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(K)
6 Send forth lightning(L) and scatter(M) the enemy;
shoot your arrows(N) and rout them.
7 Reach down your hand from on high;(O)
deliver me and rescue me(P)
from the mighty waters,(Q)
from the hands of foreigners(R)
8 whose mouths are full of lies,(S)
whose right hands(T) are deceitful.(U)

9 I will sing a new song(V) to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre(W) I will make music to you,
10 to the One who gives victory to kings,(X)
who delivers his servant David.(Y)

From the deadly sword(Z) 11 deliver me;
rescue me(AA) from the hands of foreigners(AB)
whose mouths are full of lies,(AC)
whose right hands are deceitful.(AD)

12 Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,(AE)
and our daughters will be like pillars(AF)
carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled(AG)
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14 our oxen(AH) will draw heavy loads.[b]
There will be no breaching of walls,(AI)
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.(AJ)
15 Blessed is the people(AK) of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 144:2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people
2. Psalm 144:14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 144:1 : S Ge 49:24
2. Psalm 144:2 : Ps 59:9; 91:2
3. Psalm 144:2 : Ps 27:1; 37:39; 43:2
4. Psalm 144:2 : S Ge 15:1; S Ps 18:2
5. Psalm 144:2 : S Jdg 4:23; S Ps 18:39
6. Psalm 144:3 : Heb 2:6
7. Psalm 144:4 : S Job 7:7; 27:3; Isa 2:22
8. Psalm 144:4 : S 1Ch 29:15; S Job 14:2; S Jas 4:14
9. Psalm 144:5 : Ps 18:9; Isa 64:1
10. Psalm 144:5 : S Ge 11:5; S Ps 57:3
11. Psalm 144:5 : Ps 104:32
12. Psalm 144:6 : Hab 3:11; Zec 9:14
13. Psalm 144:6 : S Ps 59:11; S 68:1
14. Psalm 144:6 : Ps 7:12-13; 18:14
15. Psalm 144:7 : S 2Sa 22:17
16. Psalm 144:7 : Ps 3:7; S 57:3
17. Psalm 144:7 : Ps 69:2
18. Psalm 144:7 : S Ps 18:44
19. Psalm 144:8 : Ps 12:2; 41:6
20. Psalm 144:8 : Ge 14:22; Dt 32:40
21. Psalm 144:8 : S Ps 36:3
22. Psalm 144:9 : S Ps 28:7; S 96:1
23. Psalm 144:9 : Ps 33:2-3; S 71:22
24. Psalm 144:10 : S 2Sa 8:14
25. Psalm 144:10 : Ps 18:50
26. Psalm 144:10 : S Job 5:20
27. Psalm 144:11 : Ps 3:7; S 25:20
28. Psalm 144:11 : S Ps 18:44
29. Psalm 144:11 : Ps 41:6-7
30. Psalm 144:11 : Ps 12:2; S 36:3; 106:26; Isa 44:20
31. Psalm 144:12 : Ps 92:12-14; S 128:3
32. Psalm 144:12 : SS 4:4; 7:4
33. Psalm 144:13 : Pr 3:10
34. Psalm 144:14 : Pr 14:4
35. Psalm 144:14 : 2Ki 25:11
36. Psalm 144:14 : Isa 24:11; Jer 14:2-3
37. Psalm 144:15 : Dt 28:3

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