{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/144","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:35:23.345Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":144,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":143,"nextChapter":145,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Stretch forth thy hand from above; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When our garners are full, affording all manner of store, And our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Happy is the people that is in such a case; Yea , happy is the people whose God is Jehovah. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 144 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 144](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/144)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/144 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}