Thematic Bible

Psalm 144:1

Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare,

Psalm 144:2

he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues nations under me.

Psalm 144:3

LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?

Psalm 144:4

The human person is a mere empty breath; his days are like a fading shadow.

Psalm 144:5

Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.

Psalm 144:6

Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them.

Psalm 144:7

Reach down your hand from your high place; rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters, from the control of foreigners.

Psalm 144:8

Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives,

Psalm 144:9

God, I will sing a new song to you. On a harp of ten strings I will play to you

Psalm 144:10

to you who gives victory to kings, rescuing his servant David from cruel swords.

Psalm 144:11

Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives.

Psalm 144:12

May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.

Psalm 144:13

May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields.

Psalm 144:14

May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!

Psalm 144:15

Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD. A Davidic Psalm