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Psalms 144
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
1 Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;
1 Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:
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.
2 My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!
2He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.
2Every day will I bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
3 Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?
3Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?
3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.
4 Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
4Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
4Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.
5 Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;
5Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.
5They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.
6 Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:
6With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.
6And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness.
7 Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,
7Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;
7They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice.
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
8In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
8The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.
9 OGod, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:
9I will make a new song to you, O God; I will make melody to you on an instrument of ten cords.
9The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
10 Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.
10It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
10Let all thy works, O Lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee.
11 Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
11Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power:
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
12Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;
12To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom.
13 Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;
13Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
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.
14 Our kine laden [with young]; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.
14Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.
14The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down.
15 Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whoseGod is Jehovah!
15Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
15The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season.
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16Thou openest thy hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature.
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17The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works.
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18The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.
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19He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.