{"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/ylt/psalms/144","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:54:47.396Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":144,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":143,"nextChapter":145,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"By David. Blessed is Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Jehovah, what is man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"O God, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished — the likeness of a palace,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Our garners are full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God is Jehovah!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 144 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 144](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/144)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/144 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}