{"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/dbt/psalms/144","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:53:46.917Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":144,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":143,"nextChapter":145,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Our granaries full, affording all manner of store; our sheep bringing forth thousands, ten thousands in our pastures;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 144 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 144](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/144)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/144 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}