Psalm 144

A Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity

1Blessed be the Lord my strength,

which teacheth my hands to war,

and my fingers to fight:

2my goodness, and my fortress;

my high tower, and my deliverer;

my shield, and he in whom I trust;

who subdueth my people under me.

3Lord , what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him![#Job 7.17,18; Ps 8.4.]

or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

4Man is like to vanity:[#144.4 Hebrew breath.]

his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

5Bow thy heavens, O Lord , and come down:

touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them:

shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

7Send thine hand from above;

rid me, and deliver me out of great waters,

from the hand of strange children;

8whose mouth speaketh vanity,

and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:

upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings

will I sing praises unto thee.

10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings:

who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,

whose mouth speaketh vanity,

and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

12that 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:

13that our garners may be full,

affording all manner of store;

that our sheep may bring forth thousands

and ten thousands in our streets:

14that our oxen may be strong to labor;

that there be no breaking in, nor going out;

that there be no complaining in our streets.

15Happy is that people, that is in such a case:

yea , happy is that people, whose God is the Lord .

King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Published by: American Bible Society