Psalms 144

• 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 peoples 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. 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.

Psalms 145

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Psalms 146

• 1. Praise the LORD. 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.

New International Version: 216 of 324 days.