Gad 11
- Psalm 144
Between 2908-2924 AM, 1017-1001 BC
1The Psalm of David praising the LORD on the day when
Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath
the Gittite, and Jonathan the son of Shimea killed a man
of great stature, saying: Blessed be the LORD my rock,
who instructs my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.
2My mercy, and my fortress, my high tower, and my
deliverer; my protector and He in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me. 3LORD, what is man, that
You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You
make account of him? 4Man is like unto a breath: his days
are as a shadow that passes away. 5O LORD, bow Your
heavens, and come down: touch the mountains so that
they smoke. 6Send lightning, and scatter them: shoot out
Your arrows, and destroy them. 7Send forth Your hand
from above; deliver me, and deliver me out of many
waters, out of the hand of foreigners; 8whose mouths
speak falsehood, and whose right hand is a right hand of
lying.
9O God, I will sing to You a new song: I will sing praise
to You on a psaltery of ten strings, 10who gives salvation
to kings, who rescues Your servant David from an evil
sword. 11Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of
foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right
hand is a right hand of falsehood; 12May our children be
as plants, grown up in their youth: may our daughters be
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cornerstones, hewn like the form of the temple. 13May our
garners be full affording all manner of store; may our
sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our
markets. 14May our oxen be strong to labor; no breaking
in, nor going out, no complaining in our streets. 15Happy
is the people that is in such a case. Happy is the people
whose God is the LORD. 16Happy is he who waits until
there will be good to all Israel forever