Psalms 144

A King’s Prayer

1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock  * 144:1 1Sm 2:2; Ps 18:2; 19:14; 92:15; 95:1; Is 26:4

who trains my hands for battle

and my fingers for warfare.  * 144:1 Ps 18:34

2 He is my faithful love and my fortress,

my stronghold and my deliverer.

He is my shield,  * 144:2 Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 28:7; 115:9–11; Pr 2:7 and I take refuge in him;  * 144:2 2Sm 22:3; Ps 18:2; 71:1–3; 91:4; 144:2; Pr 30:5

he subdues my people  * 144:2 Some Hb mss, DSS, Aq, Syr, Tg, Jer read subdues peoples; 2Sm 22:48; Ps 18:47 under me.  * 144:2 Ps 18:39,47