A Psalm of David.
[144:1] Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
[144:2] he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
[144:3] O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
[144:4] Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
[144:5] Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
[144:6] Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!
[144:7] Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners,
[144:8] whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[144:9] I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
[144:10] who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
[144:11] Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[144:12] May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;
[144:13] may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
[144:14] may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
[144:15] Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!