PSALM 144

Prayer for National Deliverance and Security

Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

Psalm 144:2 my mercy  and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

Psalm 144:3 O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?

Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 144:5 Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains that they smoke!

Psalm 144:6 Flash forth the lightning and scatter them, send out your arrows and rout them!

Psalm 144:7 Stretch forth your hand from on high, rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of aliens,

Psalm 144:8 whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 144:9 I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,

Psalm 144:10 who give victory to kings, who rescue David your  servant from the cruel sword.

Psalm 144:11 Rescue me from the cruel sword, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 144:12 May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;

Psalm 144:13 may our garners be full, providing all manner of store; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

Psalm 144:14 may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mischance or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!

Psalm 144:15 Happy the people to whom such blessings fall! Happy the people whose God is the LORD!