Psalm 144-145

New King James Version

^3 (B)Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
^4 (C)Man is like a breath;
^(D)His days are like a passing shadow.

^5 (E)Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
^(F)Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
^6 (G)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
⁷ Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
⁸ Whose mouth ^(H)speaks ^[b]lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will ^(I)sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
¹⁰ The One who gives ^[c]salvation to kings,
^(J)Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
¹² That our sons may be ^(K)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as ^[d]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
¹³ That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no ^[e]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
^15 (L)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

^4 (P)One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
^5 [h]I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And ^[i]on Your wondrous works.
⁶ Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
⁷ They shall ^[j]utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.

^8 (Q)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
^9 (R)The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

^10 (S)All Your works shall praise You, O Lord,
And Your saints shall bless You.
¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your power,
¹² To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
^13 (T)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all ^[k]generations.

¹⁴ The Lord upholds all who fall,
And ^(U)raises up all who are bowed down.
^15 (V)The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And ^(W)You give them their food in due season.
¹⁶ You open Your hand
^(X)And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
^18 (Y)The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him ^(Z)in truth.
¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
^20 (AA)The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.