Psalms 144

¹Praise, for David himself. I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

²Every day will I bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

³Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

⁴Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.

⁵They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

⁶And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness.

⁷They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice.

⁸The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.

⁹The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

¹⁰Let all thy works, O Lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee.

¹¹They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power:

¹²To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom.

¹³Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works.

¹⁴The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down.

¹⁵The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season.

¹⁶Thou openest thy hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature.

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

¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

¹⁹He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.

²⁰The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.

²¹My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name forever; yea, for ever 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.