Psalm 144 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

A Song to the LORD Who Preserves and Prospers His People

Psa 144:1A Psalm of David.

Blessed be the LORD my Rock,
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle—

Psa 144:2My 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.

Psa 144:3

Psa 144:3LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?

Psa 144:4

Psa 144:4Man is like a breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.

Psa 144:5

Psa 144:5Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Psa 144:6

Psa 144:6Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.

Psa 144:7

Psa 144:7Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,

Psa 144:8

Psa 144:8Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psa 144:9

Psa 144:9I will sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

Psa 144:10

Psa 144:10The One who gives salvation to kings,
Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

Psa 144:11

Psa 144:11Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—

Psa 144:12

Psa 144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;

Psa 144:13

Psa 144:13That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;

Psa 144:14

Psa 144:14That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.

Psa 144:15

Psa 144:15Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the LORD!

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NKJV Footnotes

(144:2)

Following Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and Vulgate; Syriac and Targum read the peoples (compare 18:47).

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