144:1 A song of David. Blessed be the Eternal, my rock. He trains my hands for war, gives me the skills I need for battle.
144:2 He is my unfailing love and my citadel. He is my tower of strength and my deliverer. He is my shield of protection and my shelter; He holds my people in check under me.
144:3 O Eternal One, what is man, that You even care to know him? or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
144:4 Humans are like a passing breath; their time on earth is like a shadow that passes over us during the day and soon is gone.
144:5 Eternal One, stretch out an opening in the heavens, and descend. Touch the mountains, and make them smoke.
144:6 Send forth bolts of lightning, and scatter my enemies. Shoot Your fiery arrows, and rout the enemy.
144:7 Reach down from Your high place; save me out of the great waters; rescue me from the grasp of these foreigners
144:8 Who speak only lies and don’t have truth in their deeds.
144:9 To You, my God, I will sing a new song; I will sing Your sweet praises to the sound of a ten-stringed harp,
144:10 For You deliver kings from their enemies and You rescue Your servant, David, from the sword of evil.
144:11 Rescue me, and save me from the grasp of these foreigners Who speak only lies and don’t have truth in their deeds.
144:12 May our sons be like healthy plants as they grow and mature, And may our daughters be like the corner pillars that decorate a palace.
144:13 May our storehouses be full with abundant supplies of every crop, And may the flocks of our fields multiply into thousands and tens of thousands!
144:14 May our cattle be strong and productive, without miscarriage, without loss, and may there be no riots or protests in our streets!
144:15 Happy are the people for whom all this is true; happy are the people whose God is the Eternal!
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