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my fingers for warfare.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He is my faithful love and my fortress,</p><p class="poem">my stronghold and my deliverer.</p><p class="poem">He is my shield,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and I take refuge in him;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">he subdues my people<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.144.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> under me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.2.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, what is a human that you care for him,</p><p class="poem">a son of man<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.144.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> that you think of him?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A human is like a breath;</p><p class="poem">his days are like a passing shadow.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, part your heavens and come down.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Flash your lightning and scatter the foe;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.144.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">shoot your arrows and rout them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Reach down<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.144.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from on high;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">rescue me from deep water, and set me free</p><p class="poem">from the grasp of foreigners<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>whose mouths speak lies,</p><p class="poem">whose right hands are deceptive.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God, I will sing a new song to you;</p><p class="poem">I will play on a ten-stringed harp for you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>the one who gives victory to kings,</p><p class="poem">who frees his servant David</p><p class="poem">from the deadly sword.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Set me free and rescue me</p><p class="poem">from foreigners<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">whose mouths speak lies,</p><p class="poem">whose right hands are deceptive.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then our sons will be like plants</p><p class="poem">nurtured in their youth,</p><p class="poem">our daughters, like corner pillars</p><p class="poem">that are carved in the palace style.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Our storehouses will be full,</p><p class="poem">supplying all kinds of produce;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">our flocks will increase by thousands</p><p class="poem">and tens of thousands in our open fields.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Our cattle will be well fed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.144.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">There will be no breach in the walls,</p><p class="poem">no going into captivity,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.144.14.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">and no cry of lament in our public squares.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.144.15" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Happy are the people with such blessings.</p><p class="poem">Happy are the people whose God is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.144.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.144" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.144.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.2">144:2</a></span> Some Hb mss, DSS, Aq, Syr, Tg, Jer read <span class="italic">subdues peoples</span> ; 2Sm 22:48; Ps 18:47</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.144.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.3">144:3</a></span> Or <span class="italic">a mere mortal</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.144.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.6">144:6</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">scatter them</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.144.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.7">144:7</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">down your hands</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.144.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.14">144:14</a></span> Or <span class="italic">will bear heavy loads</span>, or <span class="italic">will be pregnant</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.144.14.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.14">144:14</a></span> Or <span class="italic">be no plague, no miscarriage</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.144" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.1">144:1</a></span> 1Sm 2:2; Ps 18:2; 19:14; 92:15; 95:1; Is 26:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.1">144:1</a></span> Ps 18:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.2">144:2</a></span> Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 28:7; 115:9–11; Pr 2:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.2">144:2</a></span> 2Sm 22:3; Ps 18:2; 71:1–3; 91:4; 144:2; Pr 30:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.2">144:2</a></span> Ps 18:39,47</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.3">144:3</a></span> Jb 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.4">144:4</a></span> Ps 102:11; 109:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.5">144:5</a></span> 2Sm 22:10; Ps 18:9–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.5">144:5</a></span> Ps 104:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.6">144:6</a></span> Ps 18:14; Hab 3:11; Zch 9:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.7">144:7</a></span> Ps 18:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.7">144:7</a></span> Ps 69:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.8">144:8</a></span> Ps 12:2; 41:6; 106:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.9">144:9</a></span> Ps 33:2–3; 40:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.10">144:10</a></span> Ps 18:50</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.11">144:11</a></span> Ps 69:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.11">144:11</a></span> Ps 12:2; 41:6; 106:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.12">144:12</a></span> Ps 92:12–14; 128:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.13">144:13</a></span> Ps 107:37–38</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.13">144:13</a></span> Pr 3:9–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.14">144:14</a></span> Is 24:11; Jr 14:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.144.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.144.15">144:15</a></span> Ps 33:12</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.144" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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