[A Psalm] of David concerning Goliad.
144:1 Blessed [be] the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, [and]
my fingers for war.
144:2 My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in
whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.
144:3 Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man,
that thou takest account of him?
144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.
144:5 O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they
shall smoke.
144:6 Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows,
and thou shalt discomfit them.
144:7 Send forth thine hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of
great waters, out of the hand of strange children;
144:8 whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
iniquity.
144:9 O God, I will sing a new song to thee: I will play to thee on a
psaltery of ten strings.
144:10 [Even] to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant
David from the hurtful sword.
144:11 Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, whose
mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity;
144:12 whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their
daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a
temple.
144:13 Their garners are full, and bursting with one kind of store after
another; their sheep are prolific, multiplying in their streets.
144:14 Their oxen are fat: there is no falling down of a hedge, nor going
out, nor cry in their folds.
144:15 Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, [but] blessed is the
people whose God is the Lord. |
A [Psalm] of David. 144:1 Blessed be the
LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my
shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of
man, that thou makest account of him!
144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they
shall smoke.
144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and
destroy them.
144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great
waters, from the hand of strange children;
144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood.
144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his
servant from the hurtful sword.
144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth
speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our
daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a
palace:
144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our
sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in,
nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that
people, whose God is the LORD. |