Psalms 144

¹The Praise of David himself.I will extol you, O God, my king. And I will bless your name, in this time and forever and ever.

²Throughout every single day, I will bless you. And I will praise your name, in this time and forever and ever.

³The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And there is no end to his greatness.

⁴Generation after generation will praise your works, and they will declare your power.

⁵They will tell of the magnificent glory of your sanctity. And they will discourse of your wonders.

⁶And they will talk about the virtue of your terrible acts. And they will describe your greatness.

⁷They will shout about the memory of your abundant sweetness. And they will exult in your justice.

⁸The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.

⁹The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works.

¹⁰O Lord, may all your works confess to you, and let your holy ones bless you.

¹¹They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and they will declare your power,

¹²so as to make known to the sons of men your power and the glory of your magnificent kingdom.

¹³Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion is with all, from generation to generation. The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works.

¹⁴The Lord lifts up all who have fallen down, and he sets upright all who have been thrown down.

¹⁵O Lord, all eyes hope in you, and you provide their food in due time.

¹⁶You open your hand, and you fill every kind of animal with a blessing.

¹⁷The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works.

¹⁸The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

¹⁹He will do the will of those who fear him, and he will heed their supplication and accomplish their salvation.

²⁰The Lord watches over all who love him. And he will destroy all sinners.

²¹My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and may all flesh bless his holy name, in this time and forever and ever.

Psalms 144

¹Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

²My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

³Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

⁴Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

⁵Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

⁶Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

⁷Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

⁸Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

¹⁰It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

¹¹Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

¹²That 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:

¹³That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

¹⁴That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

¹⁵Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.