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<t><p class="indent1">Or a son<MH1121> of man<MH582>, that You think<MH2803> of him? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Man<MH120> is<MH1819> like<MH1819> the breath<MH1892>; <t><p class="indent1">His days<MH3117> are like a passing<MH5674a> shadow<MH6738>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Bend<MH5186> down<MH5186> Your heavens<MH8064>, LORD<MH3068>, and come<MH3381> down<MH3381>; <t><p class="indent1">Touch<MH5060> the mountains<MH2022>, that they may smoke<MH6225>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Flash<MH1299> forth<MH1299> lightning<MH1300> and scatter<MH6327a> them; <t><p class="indent1">Send<MH7971> out<MH7971> Your arrows<MH2671> and confuse<MH2000> them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Reach<MH7971> out<MH7971> with Your hand<MH3027> from on high<MH4791>; <t><p class="indent1">Rescue<MH6475> me and save<MH5337> me from great<MH7227a> waters<MH4325>, <t><p class="indent1">From the hand<MH3027> of foreigners<MH1121, 5236> <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Whose<MH834> mouths<MH6310> speak<MH1696> deceit<MH7723>, <t><p class="indent1">And whose right<MH3225> hand<MH3225> is a right<MH3225> hand<MH3225> of falsehood<MH8267>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God<MH430>, I will sing<MH7891> a new<MH2319> song<MH7892a> to You; <t><p class="indent1">On a harp<MH5035b> of ten<MH6218> strings<MH6218> I will sing<MH2167> praises<MH2167> to You, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who gives<MH5414> salvation<MH8668> to kings<MH4428>, <t><p class="indent1">Who rescues<MH6475> His servant<MH5650> David<MH1732> from the evil<MH7451a> sword<MH2719>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Rescue<MH6475> me and save<MH5337> me from the hand<MH3027> of foreigners<MH1121, 5236>, <t><p class="indent1">Whose<MH834> mouth<MH6310> speaks<MH1696> deceit<MH7723> <t><p class="indent1">And whose right<MH3225> hand<MH3225> is a right<MH3225> hand<MH3225> of falsehood<MH8267>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When<MH834> our sons<MH1121> in their youth<MH5271> <i>are</i> like growing<MH1431> plants<MH5195>, <t><p class="indent1">And our daughters<MH1323> like corner<MH2106> pillars <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>fashioned<MH2404> for a palace<MH1964>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Our granaries<MH4200> <i>are</i> full<MH4392>, providing<MH6329> every<MH2177> kind<MH2177> <i>of produce,</i> <t><p class="indent1"><i>And</i> our flocks<MH6629> deliver<MH503> thousands<MH503> and ten<MH7232a> thousands<MH7232a> in our <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>fields<MH2351>; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><i>May</i> our cattle<MH441a> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>be bred<MH5445> <t><p class="indent1">Without<MH369> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>mishap<MH6556> and without<MH369> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>loss<MH3318>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>May there be</i> no<MH369> outcry<MH6682> in our streets<MH7339>! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/144-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Blessed<MH835> are the people<MH5971a> who<MH7945> are so<MH3602> situated<MH3602>; <t><p class="indent1">Blessed<MH835> are the people<MH5971a> whose<MH7945> God<MH430> is the LORD<MH3068>!<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Another reading is <i>peoples</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>cut after the pattern of</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>outside</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>be laden</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>breach</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>going out;</i> i.e., miscarriage<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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