Psalm 144

Prayer for National Deliverance and Security

Of David.
¹Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
   who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
²my rock^* and my fortress,
   my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
   who subdues the peoples^* under me.

³O Lord, what are human beings that you regard them,
   or mortals that you think of them?
⁴They are like a breath;
   their days are like a passing shadow.

⁵Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
   touch the mountains so that they smoke.
⁶Make the lightning flash and scatter them;
   send out your arrows and rout them.
⁷Stretch out your hand from on high;
   set me free and rescue me from the mighty waters,
   from the hand of aliens,
⁸whose mouths speak lies,
   and whose right hands are false.

⁹I will sing a new song to you, O God;
   upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
¹⁰the one who gives victory to kings,
   who rescues his servant David.