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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/psalms/">Psalm</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/psalms/144.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/144.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/144.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/144.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/psalms/144.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/144.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/psalms/144.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Blessed Be the LORD, My Rock<p class="pshdg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>Of David. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, <p class="indent2"> who trains my hands for war, <p class="indent2"> my fingers for battle. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He is my steadfast love and my fortress, <p class="indent2"> my stronghold and my deliverer. <p class="indent1"> He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, <p class="indent2"> who subdues peoples<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> under me. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, <p class="indent2"> the son of man that You think of him? <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Man is like a breath; <p class="indent2"> his days are like a passing shadow. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; <p class="indent2"> touch the mountains, that they may smoke. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; <p class="indent2"> shoot Your arrows and rout them. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Reach down from on high; <p class="indent2"> set me free and rescue me <p class="indent1"> from the deep waters, <p class="indent2"> from the grasp of foreigners, <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>whose mouths speak falsehood, <p class="indent2"> whose right hands are deceitful. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will sing to You a new song, O God; <p class="indent2"> on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You— <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>to Him who gives victory to kings, <p class="indent2"> who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Set me free and rescue me <p class="indent2"> from the grasp of foreigners, <p class="indent1"> whose mouths speak falsehood, <p class="indent2"> whose right hands are deceitful. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then our sons will be like plants <p class="indent2"> nurtured in their youth, <p class="indent1"> our daughters like corner pillars <p class="indent2"> carved to adorn a palace. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Our storehouses will be full, <p class="indent2"> supplying all manner of produce; <p class="indent1"> our flocks will bring forth thousands, <p class="indent2"> tens of thousands in our fields. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Our oxen will bear great loads.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> There will be no breach in the walls, <p class="indent1"> no going into captivity, <p class="indent2"> and no cry of lament in our streets. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Blessed are the people of whom this is so; <p class="indent2"> blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Many Hebrew manuscripts, DSS, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts <i>subdues my people</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>Our chieftains will be firmly established</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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