Psalm 144

¹Bless the LORD , my rock,

who taught my hands how to fight,

who taught my fingers how to do battle!

²God is my loyal one, my fortress,

my place of safety, my rescuer,

my shield, in whom I take refuge,

³What are human beings, LORD , that you know them at all?

What are human beings that you even consider them?

⁴Humans are like a puff of air;

their days go by like a shadow.

⁵LORD , part your skies and come down!

Touch the mountains so they smoke!

⁶Flash lightning and scatter the enemy!

Shoot your arrows and defeat them!

⁷Stretch out your hand from above!

Rescue me and deliver me from deep water,

from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak lies,

⁹I will sing a new song to you, God.

I will sing praises to you on a ten-stringed harp,

¹¹Rescue me and deliver me from the power of strangers,

¹²so that our sons can grow up fully, in their youth, like plants;[#144.12 Heb uncertain]

so that our daughters can be like pillars carved to decorate a palace;

¹³so that our barns can be full, providing all kinds of food;

so that our flocks can be in the thousands—

¹⁴so that our cattle can be loaded with calves;

so that there won’t be any breach in the walls,

no exile, no outcries in our streets!

¹⁵The people who have it like this are truly happy!

The people whose God is the LORD are truly happy!