Psalm 144
Prayer for Victory and Peace
1 Of David.
Blessed be the Lord, my Rock,
who trains my hands for war
and my fingers for battle.
2 You are my safeguard and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield in whom I take refuge,
the one who subdues nations under me.
3 O Lord, what is man that you care for him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
4 Man is nothing more than a breath;
his days are like a fleeting shadow.
5 Part the heavens, O Lord, and descend;
touch the mountains so that they smoke.
6 Flash forth lightning bolts and scatter my foes;
rout them with your arrows.
7 Reach forth your hand from on high;
deliver me and rescue me
from the mighty waters
and from the power of foreign foes
8 whose mouths utter lies
and whose right hands are raised to swear to untruths.
9 I will sing a new song to you, my God;
on a ten-stringed lyre I will play music for you.
10 You grant victory to kings
and deliverance to your servant David from the cruel sword.
11 Deliver me and rescue me
from the hands of foreign foes
whose mouths utter lies
and whose right hands are raised to swear to untruths.
12 May our sons in their youth
be like carefully nurtured plants,
and may our daughters be like pillars
designed to adorn a palace.
13 May our barns be filled
with every kind of crop.
May our sheep increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields,
14 and may our cattle be well fed.
May there be no breach in our walls,
no going into exile,
no cries of distress in our streets.
15 Blessed are the people for whom this is true;
blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.
Footnotes
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- Psalm 144:15
