Psalm 144

My Rock and My Fortress

Of David.

1
Blessed be the Lord, my g rock,
h who trains my hands for war,
and my fingers for battle;
 2 he is my i steadfast love and my j fortress,
my k stronghold and my deliverer,
my l shield and he in whom I take refuge,
who m subdues peoples 1 under me.

3 O Lord, n what is man that you o regard him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
 4 p Man is like a breath;
his days are like q a passing r shadow.

5 s Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down!
t Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
 6 u Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
u send out your arrows and rout them!
 7 v Stretch out your hand from on high;
w rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
from the hand x of foreigners,
 8 whose mouths speak y lies
and whose right hand is z a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing a a new song to you, O God;
upon a a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
 10 who gives victory to kings,
who b rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
 11 Rescue me and deliver me
from the hand x of foreigners,
whose mouths speak y lies
and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12 May our sons in their youth
be like c plants full grown,
our daughters like d corner pillars
cut for the structure of a palace;
 13 e may our granaries be full,
f providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
and ten thousands in our fields;
 14 may our cattle be heavy with young,
suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; 2
may there be no g cry of distress in our streets!
 15 h Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
i Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
    Psalms 18:31
    For who is God, but the Lord ? And who is a rock, except our God? -
    Psalms 18:46
    The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation -
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 18:34
    He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 59:10
    My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.
    Psalms 59:17
    O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.
    Jonah 2:8
    Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
    Psalms 91:2
    I will say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
    Psalms 59:9
    O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 7:10
    My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 18:47
    The God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 8:4
    What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 31:7
    I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 39:5
    Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 102:11
    My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
    Psalms 109:23
    I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
  12. Cross References
    Job 8:9
    For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 18:9
    He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
    Isaiah 64:1
    Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence -
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 104:32
    Who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 18:14
    And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 18:14
    And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 18:16
    He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 69:14
    Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 18:44 - 45
    As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 12:2
    Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
    Psalms 41:6
    And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 106:26
    Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them that he would make them fall in the wilderness.
    Genesis 14:22
    But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth.
    Deuteronomy 32:40
    For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear, As I live forever.
    Isaiah 62:8
    The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 33:2 - 3
    Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 33:2 - 3
    Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 18:50
    Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
  25. Cross References
    Psalms 144:7
    Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners.
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 144:8
    Whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
  27. Cross References
    Psalms 128:3
    Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
  28. Cross References
    Zechariah 9:15
    The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.
  29. Cross References
    Joel 2:24
    The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
  30. Cross References
    Isaiah 30:23
    And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures.
  31. Cross References
    Isaiah 24:11
    There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine; all joy has grown dark; the gladness of the earth is banished.
    Jeremiah 14:2
    Judah mourns, and her gates languish; her people lament on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
    Jeremiah 46:12
    The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for warrior has stumbled against warrior; they have both fallen together.
  32. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:29
    Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 33:12
    Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
    Psalms 146:5
    Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
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