Psalms 144
David praises God for his strength and protection in battle, and asks for God's help against his enemies, the sons of foreigners, who speak vain things and do iniquity. He thanks God for his salvation and deliverance, and promises to sing a new song to him. David also describes the blessings of a people who have God as their Lord, with abundant food, fertile land, and peaceful streets.
A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the warMy mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under meO Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider himMan has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadowO Lord, incline your heavens and descend. Touch the mountains, and they will smokeSend a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarraySend forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreignersTheir mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquityTo you, O God, I will sing a new song. On the psaltery, with an instrument of ten strings, I will sing psalms to youHe gives salvation to kings. He has redeemed your servant David from the malignant swordRescue me, and deliver me from the hand of the sons of foreigners. Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquityTheir sons are like new plantings in their youth. Their daughters are dressed up: adorned all around like the idols of a templeTheir cupboards are full: overflowing from one thing into another. Their sheep bear young, brought forth in abundanceTheir cattle are fat. There is no ruined wall or passage, nor anyone crying out in their streetsThey have called the people that has these things: blessed. But blessed is the people whose God is the Lord
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