144:1 [Of David.] Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; 144:2 he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. 144:3 O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. 144:5 Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke! 144:6 Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them! 144:7 Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, 144:8 whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 144:9 I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you, 144:10 who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword. 144:11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 144:12 May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace; 144:13 may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; 144:14 may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets! 144:15 Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!