144:2 He is my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and He in Whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. |
144:3 O LORD, what is man that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him? |
144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a shadow that passes away. |
144:5 Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. |
144:6 Cast forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out Your arrows and destroy them. |
144:7 Send Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of mighty waters, from the hand of foreigners |
144:8 Because their mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of lies. |
144:9 I will sing a new song to You, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You. |
144:10 It is You Who give salvation to kings, Who deliver David His servant from the hurtful sword. |
144:11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners because their mouth has spoken deceit, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood, |
144:12 So that our sons may be like plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters may be like corner stones, polished like a palace building; |
144:13 And that our storehouses may be full, furnishing all kinds of produce; and our sheep may increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields; |
144:14 And that our oxen may labor; that there be no mishap and no loss and no outcry in our streets. |
144:15 Blessed are the people who are so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. |