Psalms 144

1By David. Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle—Cross-references: Deut 32:30 · 2Sam 22:35 · Ps 18:2 · Ps 18:31 · Ps 18:34 · Ps 44:3 · +7 more

2my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.Cross-references: 2Sam 22:2 · 2Sam 22:40 · Ps 18:2 · Ps 18:47 · Ps 59:9 · Ps 84:9 · +3 more

3Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?Cross-references: Job 7:17 · Job 15:14 · Ps 8:4 · Ps 146:3 · Heb 2:6

4Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.Cross-references: 2Sam 14:14 · 1Chr 29:15 · Job 4:19 · Job 8:9 · Job 14:1 · Ps 39:5 · +10 more

5Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.Cross-references: Ex 19:18 · Ps 18:9 · Ps 104:32 · Isa 64:1 · Nah 1:3 · Hab 3:3 · +1 more

6Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.Cross-references: Deut 32:23 · Deut 32:42 · 2Sam 22:12 · Ps 7:12 · Ps 18:13 · Ps 21:12 · +2 more

7Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,Cross-references: 2Sam 22:17 · Neh 9:2 · Ps 18:16 · Ps 18:44 · Ps 54:3 · Ps 69:1 · +7 more

8whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.Cross-references: Gen 14:22 · Deut 32:40 · Ps 10:7 · Ps 12:2 · Ps 41:6 · Ps 58:3 · +7 more

9I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.Cross-references: 1Chr 25:1 · Ps 33:2 · Ps 40:3 · Ps 81:1 · Ps 98:1 · Ps 108:2 · +4 more

10You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.Cross-references: 1Sam 17:45 · 2Sam 5:19 · 2Sam 8:6 · 2Sam 21:16 · 2Ki 5:1 · Ps 18:50 · +4 more

11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.Cross-references: 2Sam 10:6 · 2Sam 16:5 · 2Sam 17:1 · Ps 12:2 · Ps 144:7 · Isa 44:20

12Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.Cross-references: Job 42:15 · Ps 115:14 · Ps 127:4 · Ps 128:3 · Prov 31:10 · Song 8:8 · +4 more

13Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.Cross-references: Gen 30:29 · Lev 26:5 · Lev 26:10 · Deut 7:13 · Deut 8:3 · Deut 28:4 · +4 more

14Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.Cross-references: Deut 28:7 · Deut 28:25 · Judg 5:8 · Judg 6:3 · Judg 6:6 · 1Sam 13:17 · +7 more

15Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.Cross-references: Deut 33:29 · Ps 33:12 · Ps 65:4 · Ps 89:15 · Ps 146:5 · Eph 1:3