en_cjb - Psa 144 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ [(0)] By David: [(1)] Blessed be ADONAI, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.

² He shows me grace; and he is my fortress, my stronghold, in whom I find shelter, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

³ ADONAI, what are mere mortals, that you notice them at all; humans, that you think about them?

⁴ Man is like a puff of wind, his days like a fleeting shadow.

⁵ ADONAI, lower the heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, make them pour out smoke.

⁶ Shoot out lightning, and scatter them; send out your arrows, and rout them.

⁷ Reach out your hands from on high; rescue me; save me out of deep water, out of the power of strangers,

⁸ whose mouths speak worthless words and whose right hands swear false oaths.

⁹ God, I will sing a new song to you; sing praises to you with a ten-stringed harp.

¹⁰ You give kings their victories; you save your servant David from the cruel sword.

¹¹ Rescue me, save me from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak worthless words and whose right hands swear false oaths.

¹² Our sons in their youth will be like full-grown saplings, our daughters will be like sculptured pillars fit for the corner of a palace.

¹³ Our barns are full with crops of every kind; the sheep in our fields number thousands, tens of thousands.

¹⁴ our oxen are well-fed, our city walls have no breach, our people are not taken captive, and there are no cries of protest in our cities’ open places.

¹⁵ How happy the people who live in such conditions! How happy the people whose God is ADONAI!