{"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/web/psalms/144","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:22:22.520Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":144,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":143,"nextChapter":145,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. A praise psalm by David."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 144 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 144](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/144)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/144 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}