Psalm 144 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

A Psalm off David.

¹ Blessed be the LORD my rock, Which teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight:

² My lovingkindness, 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; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.

⁷ Stretch forth thine hand from above; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of strangers;

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 of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

¹⁰ It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

¹¹ Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, Whose mouth speaketh vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹² When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth; And our daughters as corner stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

¹³ When our garners are full, affording all manner of store; And our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

¹⁴ When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets;

¹⁵ Happy is the people, that is in such a case: Yea, happy is the people, whose God is the LORD.