Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:
New American Standard Bible
A Psalm of David.
Blessed be the Lord,
Who
And my fingers for battle;
King James Version
{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Holman Bible
Davidic.
who trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare.
International Standard Version
Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare,
A Conservative Version
Blessed be LORD, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight,
American Standard Version
Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight:
Amplified
Who trains my hands for war
And my fingers for battle;
Darby Translation
{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;
Julia Smith Translation
. To David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, teaching my hands for the encounter, my fingers for war;
King James 2000
[A Psalm of David.] Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, the one who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war--
Modern King James verseion
A Psalm of David. Blessed is Jehovah my Rock, who teaches My hands for war, my fingers for battle.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{A Psalm of David} Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
NET Bible
By David. The Lord, my protector, deserves praise -- the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war,
New Heart English Bible
Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
The Emphasized Bible
Blessed be Yahweh, my Rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight:
Webster
A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight;
World English Bible
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
Youngs Literal Translation
By David. Blessed is Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 144:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry For Help
1 Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:
Cross References
Psalm 18:34
He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
2 Samuel 22:35
He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
Psalm 18:31
For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?
2 Corinthians 10:4
(For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);
Ephesians 6:10-11
Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.
Deuteronomy 32:30-31
How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?
Psalm 44:3-4
For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.
Psalm 71:3
Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.
Psalm 95:1
O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.
Isaiah 26:4
Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
Isaiah 45:24
Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.