Psalm 144

Modern English Version

³ O Lord, who is man that You take notice of him
    or the son of a man that You make account of him?
⁴ Man is like a breath;
    his days are as a shadow that passes away.

⁵ Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
    touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
⁶ Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;
    shoot out Your arrows, and destroy them.
⁷ Send Your hand from above;
    rescue me, and deliver me
out of the great waters,
    from the hand of foreigners,
⁸ whose mouth speaks lies,
    and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will sing a new song unto You, O God,
    on a harp and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises unto You;
¹⁰ it is He who gives victory to kings,
    who delivers David His servant from the cruel sword.

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.

¹² May our sons in their youth
    be like plants full grown,
and our daughters like cornerstones,
    cut in the similitude of a palace,
¹³ that our granaries may be full,
    providing all manner of produce,
that our sheep may bring forth
    thousands and ten thousands in our fields,
¹⁴     and may our cattle be strong in labor.
May there be no breaking in
    or going out,
    and no wailing in our streets.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who have such things;
    indeed, blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.