Psalm 144:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

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^[a] and my fortress,
    my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
    who subdues the peoples^[b] under me.

³O Lord, what are human beings that you regard them,
or mortals that you think of them?

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Footnotes

Psalm 144:2 With 18.2 and 2 Sam 22.2: Heb my steadfast love
Psalm 144:2 Heb Mss Syr Aquila Jerome: MT my people

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