A King’s Prayer
Davidic.
who trains my hands for battle
and my fingers for warfare. Ps 18:34
2He is my faithful love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield, Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 28:7; 115:9-11; Pr 2:7 and I take refuge in Him; 2Sm 22:3; Ps 18:2; 71:1-3; 91:4; 144:2; Pr 30:5
He subdues my people Some Hb mss, DSS, Aq, Syr, Tg, Jer read subdues peoples ; 2Sm 22:48; Ps 18:47 under me. Ps 18:39,47
3Lord, what is man, that You care for him,
the son of man, that You think of him? Jb 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6
4Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow. Ps 102:11; 109:23
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. Ps 104:32
6Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe; Lit scatter them
shoot Your arrows and rout them. Ps 18:14; Hab 3:11; Zch 9:14
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners Ps 69:14
8whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive. Ps 12:2; 41:6; 106:26
9God, I will sing a new song to You;
I will play on a ten-stringed harp for You Ps 33:2-3; 40:3 —
10the One who gives victory to kings,
who frees His servant David
from the deadly sword. Ps 18:50
11Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners Ps 69:14
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive. Ps 12:2; 41:6; 106:26
12Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style. Ps 92:12-14; 128:3
13Our storehouses will be full,
supplying all kinds of produce; Ps 107:37-38
our flocks will increase by thousands
and tens of thousands in our open fields. Pr 3:9-10
14Our cattle will be well fed. Or will bear heavy loads, or will be pregnant
There will be no breach in the walls,
no going into captivity, Or be no plague, no miscarriage
and no cry of lament in our public squares. Is 24:11; Jr 14:2
15Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh. Ps 33:12
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