Psalms 144:4-14

⁴Man is like a vapor; His day is like a shadow that passeth away.

⁵Bow thy heavens, O LORD! and come down; Touch the mountains, so that they shall smoke!

⁶Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; Shoot forth thine arrows, and destroy them!

⁷Send forth thine hand from above; Rescue and save me from deep waters; From the hands of aliens,

⁸Whose mouth uttereth deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood!

⁹I will sing to thee a new song, O God! Upon a ten-stringed psaltery will I sing praise to thee;

¹⁰To thee, who givest salvation to kings, Who deliverest David, thy servant, from the destructive sword!

¹¹Rescue and deliver me from the hands of aliens, Whose mouth uttereth deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood!

¹²That our sons may be as plants, Grown up in their youth; Our daughters as corner-pillars, Hewn like those of a palace!

¹³That our garners may be full, Affording all kinds of store; That our sheep may bring forth thousands And ten thousands in our streets.

¹⁴That our cattle may be fruitful; That there be no breaking in, or going out; And no outcry in our streets.