| Chapter
144 |
| 1 |
Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers
to fight: |
| 2 | My goodness,
and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I
trust; who subdueth my people under me. |
| 3 | LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or
the son of man, that thou makest account of him! |
|
4 | Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that
passeth away. |
| 5 | Bow thy
heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. |
| 6 | Cast forth lightning, and
scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. |
| 7 | Send thine hand from above; rid me, and
deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; |
| 8 | Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and
their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
|
9 | I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. |
| 10 | It is he that giveth
salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful
sword. |
| 11 | Rid me, and
deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and
their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: |
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12 | That our sons may be as plants grown up in their
youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the
similitude of a palace: |
| 13 |
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep
may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: |
| 14 | That our oxen may be strong to labour;
that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in
our streets. |
| 15 | Happy is
that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is
the LORD. |
