Psalm 144

³ Lord, what are human beings that you take care of them?
    What are mere people that you think about them?
⁴ Their lives don’t last any longer than a breath.
    Their days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.

⁵ Lord, open up your heavens and come down.
    Touch the mountains, and they will pour out smoke.
⁶ Send flashes of lightning and scatter my enemies.
    Shoot your arrows and chase them away.
⁷ My enemies are like a mighty flood.
    Reach down from heaven and save me.
    Save me from outsiders who attack me.
⁸ They tell all kinds of lies with their mouths.
    Even when they make a promise by raising their right hands, they don’t mean it.

⁹ My God, I will sing a new song to you.
    I will make music to you on a lyre that has ten strings.
¹⁰ You are the God who helps kings win battles.
    You save your servant David.

From death by the sword ¹¹ save me.
    Set me free from outsiders who attack me.
They tell all kinds of lies with their mouths.
    Even when they make a promise by raising their right hands, they don’t mean it.

¹² While our sons are young,
    they will be like healthy plants.
Our daughters will be like pillars
    that have been made to decorate a palace.
¹³ Our storerooms will be filled
    with every kind of food.
The sheep in our fields will increase by thousands.
    They will increase by tens of thousands.
¹⁴     Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
None of our city walls will be broken down.
    No one will be carried off as a prisoner.
    No cries of pain will be heard in our streets.

¹⁵ Blessed is the nation about whom all these things are true.
    Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.