Psalms 144 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 144:1
KJVBlessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
WEBBlessed be Yahweh, my rock,
YLTBy David. Blessed [is] Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.
Psalms 144:2
KJVMy goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
WEBmy loving kindness, my fortress,
YLTMy kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!
Psalms 144:3
KJVLord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
WEBYahweh, what is man, that you care for him?
YLTJehovah, what [is] man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?
Psalms 144:4
KJVMan is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
WEBMan is like a breath.
YLTMan to vanity hath been like, His days [are] as a shadow passing by.
Psalms 144:5
KJVBow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
WEBPart your heavens, Yahweh, and come down.
YLTJehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.
Psalms 144:6
KJVCast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
WEBThrow out lightning, and scatter them.
YLTSend forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,
Psalms 144:7
KJVSend thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
WEBStretch out your hand from above,
YLTSend forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,
Psalms 144:8
KJVWhose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
WEBwhose mouths speak deceit,
YLTBecause their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms 144:9
KJVI will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
WEBI will sing a new song to you, God.
YLTO God, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee.
Psalms 144:10
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Psalms 144:11
KJVRid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
WEBRescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
YLTFree me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood,
Psalms 144:12
KJVThat our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
WEBThen our sons will be like well-nurtured plants,
YLTBecause our sons [are] as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace,
Psalms 144:13
KJVThat our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
WEBOur barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
YLTOur garners [are] full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places,
Psalms 144:14
KJVThat our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
WEBOur oxen will pull heavy loads.
YLTOur oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.
Psalms 144:15
KJVHappy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
WEBHappy are the people who are in such a situation.
YLTO the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God [is] Jehovah!
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