Psalms 144

Prayer for rescue. A happy people described.

My lovingkindness, and my fortress,

Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him?

Man is like to vanity:

Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down:

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;

Stretch forth thy hand from above;

Whose mouth speaketh deceit,

I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:

Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings;

Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,

When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth,

When our garners are full, affording all manner of store,

When our oxen are well laden;

Happy is the people that is in such a case;