Psalm 144:1-11

Psalm 144 1Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

2He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people under me.

3LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?

4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.

5Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.

7Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners

8whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.

9I will sing a new song to you, my God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

10to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant David. From the deadly sword

11deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.