Psalms 144 (NET)

Psalms 144:1¹The Lord, my Protector, deserves praise — the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 18:342 Sam 22:35Ps 18:2Ps 44:3-4Eph 6:10-112 Cor 10:4Deut 32:30-31Isa 45:24Ps 60:12Ps 18:31

Psalms 144:2²who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 22:2-3Ps 18:2Ps 91:2Ps 59:9Jer 16:19Ps 18:47Ps 84:92 Sam 22:40-48Ps 110:3

Psalms 144:3³O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 8:4Job 7:17Heb 2:6Job 15:14Ps 146:3-4

Psalms 144:4⁴People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 102:11Job 8:9Ps 109:23Ps 39:5-62 Sam 14:14Eccl 12:81 Chr 29:15Eccl 1:14Eccl 1:2Eccl 8:13

Psalms 144:5⁵O Lord, make the sky sink and come down. Touch the mountains and make them smolder.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 104:32Ps 18:9Exod 19:18Hab 3:3-6Heb 12:18Isa 64:1-2Nah 1:3-6

Psalms 144:6⁶Hurl lightning bolts and scatter the enemy. Shoot your arrows and rout them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:23Ps 18:13-14Deut 32:422 Sam 22:12-15Ps 21:12Ps 45:5Ps 7:12-13Ps 77:17-18

Psalms 144:7⁷Reach down from above. Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 18:16Ps 69:1-2Ps 54:3Rev 17:152 Sam 22:17Matt 27:43Ps 18:44Ps 93:3-4Rev 12:15-16Mal 2:11

Psalms 144:8⁸who speak lies, and make false promises.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 12:2Isa 44:20Ps 41:6Ps 62:4Deut 32:40Gen 14:22Isa 59:5-7Matt 5:30Ps 10:7Ps 106:26

Psalms 144:9⁹O God, I will sing a new song to you. Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 33:2-3Ps 40:3Ps 149:1Ps 150:3-5Ps 81:1-31 Chr 25:1-6Ps 108:2-3Ps 98:1Rev 14:3Rev 5:9-10

Psalms 144:10¹⁰the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a deadly sword.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 18:50Ps 140:7Ps 33:16-181 Sam 17:45-462 Sam 21:16-172 Sam 5:19-252 Sam 8:6-14Isa 45:1-62 Kgs 5:1Jer 27:6-8

Psalms 144:11¹¹Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 144:7-8Isa 44:20Ps 12:22 Sam 10:6-192 Sam 16:5-142 Sam 17:1-14

Psalms 144:12¹²Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 128:31 Pet 3:3-6Isa 44:3-5Ps 115:14-15Job 42:15Song 8:8-9Lam 4:2Isa 3:16-24Prov 31:10-27Ps 127:4-5

Psalms 144:13¹³Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:13-14Deut 28:8Deut 28:4Lev 26:10Deut 8:3Gen 30:29-31Lev 26:5Luke 12:16-20Mal 3:10Ps 107:37-38

Psalms 144:14¹⁴Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 8:3-5Deut 28:71 Sam 13:17-231 Sam 31:7Deut 28:25Isa 24:11Jer 13:17-19Jer 14:18Jer 14:2Judg 5:8

Psalms 144:15¹⁵How blessed are the people who experience these things. How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 33:12Eph 1:3Ps 146:5Deut 33:29Ps 65:4Ps 89:15