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  Psalm 144

 Of David.

1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock,

who trains my hands for war,

my fingers for battle.

 2 He is my loving God and my fortress,

my stronghold and my deliverer,

my shield, in whom I take refuge,

who subdues peoplesa under me.

 3 O Lord, what is man that you care for him,

the son of man that you think of him?

 4 Man is like a breath;

his days are like a fleeting shadow.

 5 Part your heavens, O Lord, and come down;

touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

 6 Send forth lightning and scatter the enemies;

shoot your arrows and rout them.

 7 Reach down your hand from on high;

deliver me and rescue me

from the mighty waters,

from the hands of foreigners

 8 whose mouths are full of lies,

whose right hands are deceitful.

 9 I will sing a new song to you, O God;

on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

 10 to the One who gives victory to kings,

who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.

 11 Deliver me and rescue me

from the hands of foreigners

whose mouths are full of lies,

whose right hands are deceitful.

 12 Then our sons in their youth

will be like well-nurtured plants,

and our daughters will be like pillars

carved to adorn a palace.

 13 Our barns will be filled

with every kind of provision.

Our sheep will increase by thousands,

by tens of thousands in our fields;

 14 our oxen will draw heavy loads.b

There will be no breaching of walls,

no going into captivity,

no cry of distress in our streets.

 15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true;

blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

  Psalm 145a

 A psalm of praise. Of David.

1 I will exalt you, my God the King;

I will praise your name for ever and ever.

 2 Every day I will praise you

and extol your name for ever and ever.

 3 Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;

his greatness no one can fathom.

 4 One generation will commend your works to another;

they will tell of your mighty acts.

 5 They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty,

and I will meditate on your wonderful works.b

 6 They will tell of the power of your awesome works,

and I will proclaim your great deeds.

 7 They will celebrate your abundant goodness

and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

 8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and rich in love.

 9 The Lord is good to all;

he has compassion on all he has made.

 10 All you have made will praise you, O Lord;

your saints will extol you.

 11 They will tell of the glory of your kingdom

and speak of your might,

 12 so that all men may know of your mighty acts

and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

 13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is faithful to all his promises

and loving toward all he has made.c

 14 The Lord upholds all those who fall

and lifts up all who are bowed down.

 15 The eyes of all look to you,

and you give them their food at the proper time.

 16 You open your hand

and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways

and loving toward all he has made.

 18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,

to all who call on him in truth.

 19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;

he hears their cry and saves them.

 20 The Lord watches over all who love him,

but all the wicked he will destroy.

 21 My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord.

Let every creature praise his holy name

for ever and ever.

  Psalm 146

 1 Praise the Lord.a

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

 2 I will praise the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

 3 Do not put your trust in princes,

in mortal men, who cannot save.

 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

on that very day their plans come to nothing.

 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the Lord his God,

 6 the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea, and everything in them—

the Lord, who remains faithful forever.

 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed

and gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets prisoners free,

 8 the Lord gives sight to the blind,

the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,

the Lord loves the righteous.

 9 The Lord watches over the alien

and sustains the fatherless and the widow,

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

 10 The Lord reigns forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the Lord.