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Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/144.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/144.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/144.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/144.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><i>A Psalm</i> of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, <i>And</i> my fingers for battle;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/144.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/144.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, <i>And</i> my fingers for battle;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/144.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br /><i>A Psalm</i> of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock <i>and</i> my great strength, Who trains my hands for war And my fingers for battle;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/144.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/144.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Davidic. May the LORD, my rock, be praised, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/144.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I praise you, LORD! You are my mighty rock, and you teach me how to fight my battles. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/144.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Praise the LORD, my protector! He trains me for battle and prepares me for war. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/144.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[By David.] Thank the LORD, my rock, who trained my hands to fight and my fingers to do battle,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/144.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/144.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />By David. The LORD, my protector, deserves praise--the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war, </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/144.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>A Psalm</i> of David. Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, <i>and</i> my fingers to fight:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/144.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>A Psalm</i> of David. Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, <i>And</i> my fingers for battle—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/psalms/144.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/144.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />[By David.] Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/144.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/psalms/144.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Blessed be the LORD my strength which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/144.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/psalms/144.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Blessed is the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/psalms/144.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />{[A Psalm] of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/144.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my rock, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/144.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/psalms/144.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed be the Lorde my strength, which teacheth mine hands to fight, and my fingers to battell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/psalms/144.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br /><FI>Of Dauid.<Fi> Blessed be God my rocke: who teacheth my handes to warre, and my fingers to fyght.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/psalms/144.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Blessed be the LORDE my refuge, which teacheth my hades to warre, & my fyngers to fight.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/144.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />BY DAVID. Blessed [is] YHWH my Rock, "" Who is teaching My hands for war, "" My fingers for battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/144.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> By David. Blessed is Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/144.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />To David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, teaching my hands for the encounter, my fingers for war;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/144.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/144.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 143:1>A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/144.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Blessed is LORD JEHOVAH who teaches my hands for war and my fingers for battle!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/144.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />BLESSED be the LORD, my strength, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/144.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />[A Psalm] of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, Who traineth my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/144.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>A Psalm</i> of David concerning Goliad. Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, <i>and</i> my fingers for war.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/psalms/144.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wiḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">Of David.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: bā·rūḵ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse."> Blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">be the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6697.htm" title="6697: ṣū·rî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Rock, cliff. Or tsur; from tsuwr; properly, a cliff; generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge.">my Rock,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925: ham·lam·mêḏ (Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. to teach:(un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er,ing).">who trains</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏay (N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">my hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7128.htm" title="7128: laq·rāḇ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A battle, war. From qarab; hostile encounter.">for war,</a> <a href="/hebrew/676.htm" title="676: ’eṣ·bə·‘ō·w·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- A finger. From the same as tseba'; something to sieze with, i.e. A finger; by analogy, a toe.">my fingers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: lam·mil·ḥā·māh (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">for battle.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/psalms/144.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732. David (daw-veed') -- perhaps "beloved one," a son of Jesse">By David</a><a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288. barak (baw-rak') -- to kneel, bless">. Blessed</a><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel"> [is] Jehovah</a><a href="/hebrew/6697.htm" title="6697. tsuwr (tsoor) -- rock, cliff"> my rock</a><a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925. lamad (law-mad') -- to exercise in, learn">, who is teaching</a><a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand"> My hands</a><a href="/hebrew/7128.htm" title="7128. qrab (ker-awb') -- a battle, war"> for war</a><a href="/hebrew/676.htm" title="676. etsba' (ets-bah') -- a finger">, my fingers</a><a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421. milchamah (mil-khaw-maw') -- a battle, war"> for battle.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/psalms/144.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp">Davidic</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="דָּוִד np 1732"></a>. <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="יהוה np 3068">May the <span class="divineName">LORD</span></a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs">, my</a> <a href="/hebrew/6697.htm" title="צוּר_1 ncmsc 6697"> rock</a>, <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="ברך_2 vqsmsa 1288">be praised</a>, <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="למד vpPmsa 3925">who trains</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"> my</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="יָד ncfdc 3027"> hands</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> for</a> <a href="/hebrew/7128.htm" title="קְרָב ncmsa 7128"> battle</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs">and my</a> <a href="/hebrew/676.htm" title="אֶצְבַּע ncfpc 676"> fingers</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> for</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="מִלְחָמָה ncfsa 4421"> warfare</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/psalms/144.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288. barak (baw-rak') -- to kneel, bless">[A Psalm] of David. Blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel">be the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6697.htm" title="6697. tsuwr (tsoor) -- rock, cliff">my rock,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925. lamad (law-mad') -- to exercise in, learn">Who trains</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">my hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7128.htm" title="7128. qrab (ker-awb') -- a battle, war">for war,</a> <a href="/hebrew/676.htm" title="676. etsba' (ets-bah') -- a finger">[And] my fingers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421. milchamah (mil-khaw-maw') -- a battle, war">for battle;</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/psalms/144.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732. David (daw-veed') -- perhaps 'beloved one,' a son of Jesse">{{[A Psalm] of David.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288. barak (baw-rak') -- to kneel, bless">}} Blessed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel">[be] the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6697.htm" title="6697. tsuwr (tsoor) -- rock, cliff">my strength,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925. lamad (law-mad') -- to exercise in, learn">which teacheth</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027. yad (yawd) -- hand">my hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7128.htm" title="7128. qrab (ker-awb') -- a battle, war">to war,</a> <a href="/hebrew/676.htm" title="676. etsba' (ets-bah') -- a finger">[and] my fingers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421. milchamah (mil-khaw-maw') -- a battle, war">to fight:</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/143-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 143:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 143:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/144-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 144:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 144:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>