{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":144,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/143","next":"psalms/145","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Blessed [be] the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Blessed [be] the LORD, my Rock,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who trains my hands for war,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my fingers for battle."}],"h":"Blessed Be the LORD, My Rock","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.","f":["Many Hebrew manuscripts, DSS, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He is my steadfast love and my fortress,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my stronghold and my deliverer."},{"style":"indent1","t":"He is my shield, in whom I take refuge,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who subdues peoples under me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD, what is man, that You regard him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the son of man that You think of him?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Man is like a breath;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"his days are like a passing shadow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"touch the mountains, that they may smoke."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"shoot Your arrows and rout them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Reach down from on high;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"set me free and rescue me"},{"style":"indent1","t":"from the deep waters,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the grasp of foreigners,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"whose mouths speak falsehood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose right hands are deceitful."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I will sing to You a new song, O God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to Him who gives victory to kings,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who frees His servant David from the deadly sword."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Set me free and rescue me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the grasp of foreigners,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"whose mouths speak falsehood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose right hands are deceitful."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then our sons will be like plants"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nurtured in their youth,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"our daughters like corner pillars"},{"style":"indent2","t":"carved to adorn a palace."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Our storehouses will be full,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"supplying all manner of produce;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"our flocks will bring forth thousands,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"tens of thousands in our fields."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.","f":["Or Our chieftains will be firmly established"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Our oxen will bear great loads."},{"style":"indent2","t":"There will be no breach in the walls,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"no going into captivity,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and no cry of lament in our streets."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Blessed are the people of whom this is so;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"blessed are the people whose God is the LORD."}],"style":"indent1stline"}],"superscription":"Of David."}