{"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/erv/psalms/144","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T11:43:21.759Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":144,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":143,"nextChapter":145,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A Psalm off David. Blessed be the LORD my rock, which 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 trust; who subdueth my people under me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"LORD, 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 LORD, 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 thine hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strangers;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their 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":"It is 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 strangers, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their 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 the LORD."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 144 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 144](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/144)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/144 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}