144:1 By David: Blessed be Adonai, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.
144:2 He shows me grace; and he is my fortress, my stronghold, in whom I find shelter, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
144:3 Adonai, what are mere mortals, that you notice them at all; humans, that you think about them?
144:4 Man is like a puff of wind, his days like a fleeting shadow.
144:5 Adonai, lower the heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, make them pour out smoke.
144:6 Shoot out lightning, and scatter them; send out your arrows, and rout them.
144:7 Reach out your hands from on high; rescue me; save me out of deep water, out of the power of strangers,
144:8 whose mouths speak worthless words and whose right hands swear false oaths.
144:9 God, I will sing a new song to you; sing praises to you with a ten-stringed harp.
144:10 You give kings their victories; you save your servant David from the cruel sword.
144:11 Rescue me, save me from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak worthless words and whose right hands swear false oaths.
144:12 Our sons in their youth will be like full-grown saplings, our daughters will be like sculptured pillars fit for the corner of a palace.
144:13 Our barns are full with crops of every kind; the sheep in our fields number thousands, tens of thousands.
144:14 our oxen are well-fed, our city walls have no breach, our people are not taken captive, and there are no cries of protest in our cities’ open places.
144:15 How happy the people who live in such conditions! How happy the people whose God is Adonai!
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