| Ps 144:1 | David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man. |
| Ps 144:1 | ¶ A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength2, which teacheth3 my hands to war4, and my fingers to fight: |
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•BATTLE OF LIFE | My goodness5, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth6 my people under me. |
| Ps 144:3 | LORD, what is man7, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son8 of man, that thou makest account of him! |
| Ps 144:4 | Man9 is like to vanity: his days10 are as a shadow that passeth away. |
| Ps 144:5 | He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies. |
| Ps 144:5 | Bow11 thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch12 the mountains, and they shall smoke. |
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•ARROWS, GOD'S | Cast forth13 lightning, and scatter them: shoot out14 thine arrows, and destroy them. |
| Ps 144:7 | Send15 thine hand16 from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand17 of strange children; |
| Ps 144:8 | Whose mouth18 speaketh vanity, and their right hand19 is a right hand of falsehood. |
| Ps 144:9 | He promises to praise God. |
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•NEW MAN | ¶ I will sing a new20 song unto thee, O God: upon21 a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. |
| Ps 144:10 | ¶ It is he that giveth22 salvation23 unto kings: who delivereth24 David his servant from the hurtful sword. |
| Ps 144:11 | He prays for the happy state of the kingdom. |
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•DELIVERANCE | Rid me, and deliver me25 from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: |
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•AGRICULTURE-HORTICULTURE
•PALACES | That our sons may be as plants26 grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones27, polished28 after the similitude of a palace: |
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•BLESSINGS-AFFLICTIONS | That our garners29 may be full, affording all manner of store30: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: |
| Ps 144:14 | That our oxen may be strong to labour31; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. |
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•JOY-SORROW | Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy32 is that people, whose God is the LORD. |
