Psalms 144

1 [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight;

[By David.] Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues peoples under me.

3 LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

4 Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.

Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot thy arrows, and destroy them.

Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.

7 Send thy hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;

8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.

whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing a new song to thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises to thee.

I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.

10 [It is he] that giveth salvation to kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood:

Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12 That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:

Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

13 [That] our granaries [may be] full, affording all manner of store; [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

Our storehouses are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

14 [That] our oxen [may be] strong to labor; that [there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

15 Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yes], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.

Blessed are the people who are in such a situation. Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.