Psalms, 144
1. <[A Psalm] of David.> Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:
1. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for 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.
2. my loving God, my fortress; my protector and deliverer, my shield where I take refuge, who conquers nations and subjects them to my rule.
3. LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
3. O Lord, what are humans that you should be mindful of them, the race of Adam, that you should care for them?
4. Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.
4. They are like a breath, their days pass like a shadow on earth.
5. Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
5. Bend your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountain and make it smoke.
6. Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
6. Flash forth lightning and rout the foe; shoot your arrows and scatter them.
7. Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
7. From above, reach down and draw me out of the deep waters, from the hands of foreigners
8. Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
8. whose mouths speak falsehood, whose words are full of deceit.
9. I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
9. I will sing a new song to you, O God, I will make music on the ten-stringed harp,
10. [It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
10. for you who give victory to kings and deliver David, your servant.
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:
11. Rescue me from the evil sword and from the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose words are full of deceit.
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:
12. May our sons be like plants well-nurtured and full grown, and our daughters like pillars that adorn the corners of the temple.
13. [That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
13. May our barns be full, with every kind of provision. May our sheep increase by thousands, even by tens of thousands, in our pastures.
14. [That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.
14. May our cattle be strong and fruitful; and may there be an end to raids and exile, to cries of distress in our streets.
15. Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.
15. Happy are the people so blessed; happy the people whose God is the Lord!
