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Psalm 144 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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PSALM 144
A Song to the LORD Who Preserves and Prospers His People
A Psalm of David.
1 Blessed be the LORD my Rock,
​​Who trains my hands for war,
​​And my fingers for battle—
2 ​​My lovingkindness and my fortress,
​​My high tower and my deliverer,
​​My shield and the One in whom I take refuge,
​​Who subdues my people[fn] under me.
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3 ​​LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
​​Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
4 ​​Man is like a breath;
​​His days are like a passing shadow.
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5 ​​Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
​​Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 ​​Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
​​Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
7 ​​Stretch out Your hand from above;
​​Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
​​From the hand of foreigners,
8 ​​Whose mouth speaks lying words,
​​And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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9 ​​I will sing a new song to You, O God;
​​On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
10 ​​The One who gives salvation to kings,
​​Who delivers David His servant
​​From the deadly sword.
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11 ​​Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
​​Whose mouth speaks lying words,
​​And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
12 ​​That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;
​​That our daughters may be as pillars,
​​Sculptured in palace style;
13 ​​That our barns may be full,
​​Supplying all kinds of produce;
​​That our sheep may bring forth thousands
​​And ten thousands in our fields;
14 ​​That our oxen may be well laden;
​​That there be no breaking in or going out;
​​That there be no outcry in our streets.
15 ​​Happy are the people who are in such a state;
​​Happy are the people whose God is the LORD!
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Following Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and Vulgate; Syriac and Targum read the peoples (compare 18:47).
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