Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity.
A Psalm of David.
144 Blessed be the Lord, (A)my rock,
Who (B)trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle;
2 My faithfulness and (C)my fortress,
My (D)stronghold and my savior,
My (E)shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who (F)subdues my people under me.
3 Lord, (G)what is man, that You look after him?
Or a son of man, that You think of him?
4 (H)Man is like the breath;
His (I)days are like a passing shadow.
5 (J)Bend down Your heavens, Lord, and (K)come down;
(L)Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
6 Flash forth (M)lightning and scatter them;
Send out Your (N)arrows and confuse them.
7 Reach out with Your hand (O)from on high;
Rescue me and (P)save me from great waters,
From the hand of (Q)foreigners
8 Whose mouths (R)speak deceit,
And whose (S)right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 God, I will sing a (T)new song to You;
On a (U)harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
10 Who (V)gives salvation to kings,
Who (W)rescues His servant David from the evil sword.
11 Rescue me and save me from the hand of (X)foreigners,
Whose mouth (Y)speaks deceit
And whose (Z)right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12 When our sons in their youth are like (AA)growing plants,
And our daughters like (AB)corner pillars fashioned for a palace,
13 Our (AC)granaries are full, providing every kind of produce,
And our flocks deliver thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
14 May our (AD)cattle be bred
Without (AE)mishap and without (AF)loss,
May there be no (AG)outcry in our streets!
15 Blessed are the people who are so situated;
(AH)Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:2
- Psalm 144:12
- Psalm 144:13
- Psalm 144:14
- Psalm 144:14
- Psalm 144:14
Cross references
- Psalm 144:1 : Ps 18:2
- Psalm 144:1 : 2 Sam 22:35; Ps 18:34
- Psalm 144:2 : Ps 18:2; 91:2
- Psalm 144:2 : Ps 59:9
- Psalm 144:2 : Ps 3:3; 28:7; 84:9
- Psalm 144:2 : Ps 18:39
- Psalm 144:3 : Job 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6
- Psalm 144:4 : Ps 39:11
- Psalm 144:4 : Job 8:9; 14:2; Ps 102:11; 109:23
- Psalm 144:5 : Ps 18:9
- Psalm 144:5 : Is 64:1
- Psalm 144:5 : Ps 104:32
- Psalm 144:6 : Ps 18:14
- Psalm 144:6 : Ps 7:13; 58:7; Hab 3:11; Zech 9:14
- Psalm 144:7 : Ps 18:16
- Psalm 144:7 : Ps 69:1, 14
- Psalm 144:7 : Ps 18:44; 54:3
- Psalm 144:8 : Ps 12:2; 41:6
- Psalm 144:8 : Gen 14:22; Deut 32:40; Ps 106:26; Is 44:20
- Psalm 144:9 : Ps 33:3; 40:3
- Psalm 144:9 : Ps 33:2
- Psalm 144:10 : Ps 18:50
- Psalm 144:10 : 2 Sam 18:7; Ps 140:7
- Psalm 144:11 : Ps 18:44; 54:3
- Psalm 144:11 : Ps 12:2; 41:6
- Psalm 144:11 : Gen 14:22; Deut 32:40; Ps 106:26; Is 44:20
- Psalm 144:12 : Ps 92:12-14; 128:3
- Psalm 144:12 : Song 4:4; 7:4
- Psalm 144:13 : Prov 3:9, 10
- Psalm 144:14 : Prov 14:4
- Psalm 144:14 : 2 Kin 25:10, 11
- Psalm 144:14 : Amos 5:3
- Psalm 144:14 : Is 24:11; Jer 14:2
- Psalm 144:15 : Ps 33:12
