Psalm 144

Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity.

¹Blessed be the Lord , my rock,

Who trains my hands for war,

And my fingers for battle;

²My faithfulness and my fortress,

My stronghold and my savior,

My shield and He in whom I take refuge,

Who subdues my people under me.

³Lord , what is man, that You look after him?

Or a son of man, that You think of him?

⁴Man is like the breath;

His days are like a passing shadow.

⁵¶Bend down Your heavens, Lord , and come down;

Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

⁶Flash forth lightning and scatter them;

Send out Your arrows and confuse them.

⁷Reach out with Your hand from on high;

Rescue me and save me from great waters,

From the hand of foreigners

⁸Whose mouth speaks deceit,

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹¶God, I will sing a new song to You;

On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

¹⁰Who gives salvation to kings,

Who rescues His servant David from the evil sword.

¹¹Rescue me and save me from the hand of foreigners,

Whose mouth speaks deceit

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹²¶When our sons in their youth are like growing plants,

And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace,

¹³Our granaries are full, providing every kind of produce,

And our flocks deliver thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

¹⁴May our cattle be bred[#144:14 Lit be laden]

Without mishap and without loss,

May there be no outcry in our streets!

¹⁵Blessed are the people who are so situated;

Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord !