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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Psalm 144 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/144.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">Davidic</p><p class="heading">A Song for God’s Provision</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD, my rock,</p> <p class="poetry2">who trains my hands for battle</p> <p class="poetry2">and my fingers for warfare,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>he is my gracious love and my fortress,</p> <p class="poetry2">my strong tower and my deliverer,</p> <p class="poetry2">my shield and the one in whom I find refuge,</p> <p class="poetry2">who subdues<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="144:2 So LXX; the Heb. lacks subdues">a</a></span> peoples<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="144:2 So DSS 11QPs Sebir Aquila Syr Targ Hieronymus; cf. Psa 18:48; 2 Sam 22:48; LXX reads subdues my people">b</a></span> under me.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>LORD, what are human beings,</p> <p class="poetry2">that you should care about them,</p> <p class="poetry2">or mortal man,</p> <p class="poetry2">that you should think about him?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The human person is a mere empty breath;</p> <p class="poetry2">his days are like a fading shadow.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="144:5 So MT (imperfect verb); LXX, DSS 11QPs read and descend!; i.e. a verb of command">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">touch the mountains, and they will smolder.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="144:6 Lit. scatter them">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">shoot your arrows and confuse them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Reach down your hand from your high place;</p> <p class="poetry2">rescue me and deliver me from mighty waters,</p> <p class="poetry2">from the control of foreigners.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="144:7 Lit. the hand of the sons of strangers">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Their mouths speak lies,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their right hand deceives,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="144:8 i.e. they swear to false oaths">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God, I will sing a new song to you.</p> <p class="poetry2">On a harp of ten strings I will play to you—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>to you who gives victory to kings,</p> <p class="poetry2">rescuing his servant David from cruel swords.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Rescue me and deliver me</p> <p class="poetry2">from the control of foreigners,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="144:11 Lit. the hand of the sons of strangers">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">whose mouths speak lies,</p> <p class="poetry2">and whose right hand deceives.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="144:11 i.e. they swear to false oaths">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants,</p> <p class="poetry2">and our daughters like pillars</p> <p class="poetry2">destined to decorate a palace.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>May our granaries be filled,</p> <p class="poetry2">storing produce in abundance;</p> <p class="poetry2">may our sheep bring forth thousands,</p> <p class="poetry2">even tens of thousands in our fields.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>May our cattle grow heavy with young,</p> <p class="poetry2">with no damage or loss.</p> <p class="poetry2">May there be no cry of anguish in our streets!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/144-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Happy are the people to whom these things come;</p> <p class="poetry2">happy are the people whose God is the LORD.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 144:2 So LXX; the Heb. lacks <i>subdues</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 144:2 So DSS 11QPs Sebir Aquila Syr Targ Hieronymus; cf. 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