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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 144 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/144.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/144-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 144</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/143.htm" title="Psalm 143">◄</a> Psalm 144 <a href="../psalms/145.htm" title="Psalm 145">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/144.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">My Rock and My Fortress</p><subheading class="psalm-title">Of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, my rock,</span><br /><span class="indent">who trains my hands for war,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my fingers for battle;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">he is my steadfast love and my fortress,</span><br /><span class="indent">my stronghold and my deliverer,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">my shield and he in whom I take refuge,</span><br /><span class="indent">who subdues peoples<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people">a</a></sup></span> under me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, what is man that you regard him,</span><br /><span class="indent">or the son of man that you think of him?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Man is like a breath;</span><br /><span class="indent">his days are like a passing shadow.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Bow your heavens, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and come down!</span><br /><span class="indent">Touch the mountains so that they smoke!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;</span><br /><span class="indent">send out your arrows and rout them!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Stretch out your hand from on high;</span><br /><span class="indent">rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,</span><br /><span class="indent">from the hand of foreigners,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">whose mouths speak lies</span><br /><span class="indent">and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will sing a new song to you, O God;</span><br /><span class="indent">upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who gives victory to kings,</span><br /><span class="indent">who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Rescue me and deliver me</span><br /><span class="indent">from the hand of foreigners,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">whose mouths speak lies</span><br /><span class="indent">and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May our sons in their youth</span><br /><span class="indent">be like plants full grown,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">our daughters like corner pillars</span><br /><span class="indent">cut for the structure of a palace;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">may our granaries be full,</span><br /><span class="indent">providing all kinds of produce;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">may our sheep bring forth thousands</span><br /><span class="indent">and ten thousands in our fields;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">may our cattle be heavy with young,</span><br /><span class="indent">suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew with no breaking in or going out">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">may there be no cry of distress in our streets!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!</span><br /><span class="indent">Blessed are the people whose God is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts <i><span class="catch-word">subdues</span> my people</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Hebrew <i>with no breaking in or going out</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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