Psalm 143:8-145:11

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I ^(B)trust.
^(C)Make me know the way I should go,
^(D)for to you I lift up my soul.

⁹^(E)Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
    I have fled to you for refuge.^[a]
¹⁰^(F)Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God!
^(G)Let your good Spirit ^(H)lead me
    on ^(I)level ground!

¹¹^(J)For your name's sake, O Lord, ^(K)preserve my life!
    In your righteousness ^(L)bring my soul out of trouble!
¹²And in your steadfast love you will ^(M)cut off my enemies,
    and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
    for I am your ^(N)servant.

My Rock and My Fortress

Of David.

144 Blessed be the Lord, my ^(O)rock,
    ^(P)who trains my hands for war,
    and my fingers for battle;
²he is my ^(Q)steadfast love and my ^(R)fortress,
    my ^(S)stronghold and my deliverer,
my ^(T)shield and he in whom I take refuge,
    who ^(U)subdues peoples^[b] under me.

³O Lord, ^(V)what is man that you ^(W)regard him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
⁴^(X)Man is like a breath;
his days are like ^(Y)a passing ^(Z)shadow.

⁵^(AA)Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
    ^(AB)Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
⁶^(AC)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
    ^(AD)send out your arrows and rout them!
⁷^(AE)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    ^(AF)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand ^(AG)of foreigners,
⁸whose mouths speak ^(AH)lies
    and whose right hand is ^(AI)a right hand of falsehood.

⁹I will sing ^(AJ)a new song to you, O God;
    upon ^(AK)a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
¹⁰who gives victory to kings,
    who ^(AL)rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
¹¹Rescue me and deliver me
    from the hand ^(AM)of foreigners,
whose mouths speak ^(AN)lies
    and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

¹²May our sons in their youth
    be like ^(AO)plants full grown,
our daughters like ^(AP)corner pillars
    cut for the structure of a palace;
¹³^(AQ)may our granaries be full,
    ^(AR)providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
    and ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴may our cattle be heavy with young,
    suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;^[c]
may there be no ^(AS)cry of distress in our streets!
¹⁵^(AT)Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
    ^(AU)Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Great Is the Lord

^[d] A Song of Praise. Of David.

145 ^(AV)I will extol you, my God and ^(AW)King,
    and bless your name forever and ever.
²Every day I will bless you
    ^(AX)and praise your name forever and ever.
³^(AY)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
    and his ^(AZ)greatness is unsearchable.

⁴^(BA)One generation shall commend your works to another,
    and shall declare your mighty acts.
⁵On ^(BB)the glorious splendor of your majesty,
    and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
⁶They shall speak of ^(BC)the might of your awesome deeds,
    and I will declare your greatness.
⁷They shall pour forth the fame of your ^(BD)abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

⁸The Lord is ^(BE)gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
⁹The Lord is ^(BF)good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.

¹⁰^(BG)All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your ^(BH)saints shall bless you!
¹¹They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
and tell of your power,

Footnotes

Psalm 143:9 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts To you I have covered
Psalm 144:2 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people
Psalm 144:14 Hebrew with no breaking in or going out
Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet