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Psalms 144

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ May the LORD, my rock, be praised, ⓐ who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. ⓑ

² He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, ⓒ and I take refuge in Him; ⓓ He subdues my people [1] under me. ⓔ

³ LORD, what is man, that You care for him, the son of man, that You think of him? ⓕ

⁴ Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. ⓖ

⁵ LORD, part Your heavens and come down. ⓗ Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. ⓘ

⁶ Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; [2] shoot Your arrows and rout them. ⓙ

⁷ Reach down [3] from heaven; ⓚ rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners ⓛ

⁸ whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. ⓜ

⁹ God, I will sing a new song to You; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You ⓝ —

¹⁰ the One who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. ⓞ

¹¹ Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners ⓟ whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. ⓠ

¹² Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. ⓡ

¹³ Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; ⓢ our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields. ⓣ

¹⁴ Our cattle will be well fed. [4] There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, [5] and no cry of lament in our public squares. ⓤ

¹⁵ Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. ⓥ

#	HCSB
1	May the LORD, my rock, be praised, ⓐ who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare. ⓑ
2	He is my faithful love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, ⓒ and I take refuge in Him; ⓓ He subdues my people [1] under me. ⓔ
3	LORD, what is man, that You care for him, the son of man, that You think of him? ⓕ
4	Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. ⓖ
5	LORD, part Your heavens and come down. ⓗ Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. ⓘ
6	Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; [2] shoot Your arrows and rout them. ⓙ
7	Reach down [3] from heaven; ⓚ rescue me from deep water, and set me free from the grasp of foreigners ⓛ
8	whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. ⓜ
9	God, I will sing a new song to You; I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You ⓝ —
10	the One who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword. ⓞ
11	Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners ⓟ whose mouths speak lies, whose right hands are deceptive. ⓠ
12	Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters, like corner pillars that are carved in the palace style. ⓡ
13	Our storehouses will be full, supplying all kinds of produce; ⓢ our flocks will increase by thousands and tens of thousands in our open fields. ⓣ
14	Our cattle will be well fed. [4] There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, [5] and no cry of lament in our public squares. ⓤ
15	Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. ⓥ

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^{Psalms 144:2 [224]} Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people

^{Psalms 144:14 [225]} Or our chieftains will be firmly established

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