## Psalms Chapter 144

###### Psalms 144:1
[Psalms 144:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:1)

לְדָוִ֨ד**׀** בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** צוּרִ֗י הַֽמְלַמֵּ֣ד יָדַ֣י לַקְרָ֑ב אֶ֝צְבְּעוֹתַ֗י לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Of David. Blessed be the Lord my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A psalm of David. Blessed is the L rd, my Rock, who teaches my hands for battle, my fingers for war.


###### Psalms 144:2
[Psalms 144:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:2)

חַסְדִּ֥י וּמְצוּדָתִי֮ מִשְׂגַּבִּ֢י וּֽמְפַלְטִ֫י־לִ֥י מָ֭גִנִּי וּב֣וֹ חָסִ֑יתִי הָרוֹדֵ֖ד עַמִּ֣י תַחְתָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
my gracious one, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who does lovingkindness with me, who is my fortress, my stronghold, my rescuer, my shield. And I take refuge in Him, who spreads out peoples beneath Him.


###### Psalms 144:3
[Psalms 144:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:3)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה מָֽה־אָ֭דָם וַתֵּדָעֵ֑הוּ בֶּן־אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ וַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lord, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, what is man [(Paras and Yishmael)] to You that You have known him [to aggrandize him]; the son of man, that You dignify him?


###### Psalms 144:4
[Psalms 144:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:4)

אָ֭דָם לַהֶ֣בֶל דָּמָ֑ה יָ֝מָ֗יו כְּצֵ֣ל עוֹבֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Man is like a breath: his days are like a shadow that passes away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Man is likened to breath. His days are as a passing shadow [(the shadow of a bird in flight)].


###### Psalms 144:5
[Psalms 144:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:5)

יְ֭הֹוָה הַט־שָׁמֶ֣יךָ וְתֵרֵ֑ד גַּ֖ע בֶּהָרִ֣ים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Bow Thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, lower Your heavens and descend. Strike the mountains [(the gentile kings)] and let them smoke!


###### Psalms 144:6
[Psalms 144:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:6)

בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּתְפִיצֵ֑ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗יךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out Thy arrows, and destroy them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Flash lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows [(thunderbolts)] and confound them.


###### Psalms 144:7
[Psalms 144:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:7)

שְׁלַ֥ח יָדֶ֗יךָ מִ֫מָּר֥וֹם פְּצֵ֣נִי וְ֭הַצִּילֵנִי מִמַּ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים מִ֝יַּ֗ד בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Send Thy hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of many waters, from the hand of strangers;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Send Your hands from the heights. Free me and rescue me from the multitude of waters, from the hand of strangers.


###### Psalms 144:8
[Psalms 144:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:8)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּ֭יהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁ֑וְא וִ֝ימִינָ֗ם יְמִ֣ין שָֽׁקֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Whose mouths speak vanity and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood [i.e., raised to swear falsely].


###### Psalms 144:9
[Psalms 144:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:9)

אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים שִׁ֣יר חָ֭דָשׁ אָשִׁ֣ירָה לָּ֑ךְ בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר אֲזַמְּרָה־לָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will sing a new song to Thee, O God: upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, I will sing You a new song. With lyre and ten-stringed harp I will sing to You.


###### Psalms 144:10
[Psalms 144:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:10)

הַנּוֹתֵ֥ן תְּשׁוּעָ֗ה לַמְּלָ֫כִ֥ים הַ֭פּוֹצֶה אֶת־דָּוִ֥ד עַבְדּ֗וֹ מֵחֶ֥רֶב רָעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It is he who gives salvation to kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who gives salvation to kings [(Saul being saved from killing David, and David, from being killed, viz. I Samuel 23:27)], who frees His servant David from the evil sword.


###### Psalms 144:11
[Psalms 144:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:11)

פְּצֵ֥נִי וְהַצִּילֵנִי֮ מִיַּ֢ד בְּֽנֵי־נֵ֫כָ֥ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּ֭יהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁ֑וְא וִ֝ימִינָ֗ם יְמִ֣ין שָֽׁקֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(As You did then, so)] free me and rescue me from the hand of strangers, whose mouths speak vanity, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood.


###### Psalms 144:12
[Psalms 144:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:12)

אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּנֵ֨ינוּ**׀** כִּנְטִעִים֮ מְגֻדָּלִ֢ים בִּֽנְעוּרֵ֫יהֶ֥ם בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּ כְזָוִיֹּ֑ת מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹת תַּבְנִ֥ית הֵיכָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For our sons are as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner stones, polished after the fashion of a palace:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(For now, too, our generation is worthy of Your providence.)] For our sons are like young plants [unblemished (with sin)], grown up [with the same good name that was theirs] in their youth. Our daughters [are tall and stately], like the perfectly aligned corners of the edifice [-stones] of the sanctuary.


###### Psalms 144:13
[Psalms 144:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:13)

מְזָוֵ֣ינוּ מְלֵאִים֮ מְפִיקִ֥ים מִזַּ֗ן אֶ֫ל־זַ֥ן צֹאונֵ֣נוּ מַ֭אֲלִיפוֹת מְרֻבָּב֗וֹת בְּחוּצוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
our garners are full, affording all manner of store: our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The corners [of our store-houses] are full [of grain], supplying [(ample bread)] from one harvest to the next. Our sheep increase in the thousands and ten thousands in our demesne.


###### Psalms 144:14
[Psalms 144:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:14)

אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים אֵֽין־פֶּ֭רֶץ וְאֵ֣ין יוֹצֵ֑את וְאֵ֥ין צְ֝וָחָ֗ה בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
our oxen are heavy laden: there is no breach or migration: and there is no loud cry in our streets.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Our leaders are borne [i.e., respected (by their charges), so that] there is no breach [in us] and no [evil report] spread abroad and no outcry [(of the tumult of war)] in our thoroughfares.


###### Psalms 144:15
[Psalms 144:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/144:15)

אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם שֶׁכָּ֣כָה לּ֑וֹ אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י הָ֝עָ֗ם שֱׁיְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fortunate is the people who have it so. Fortunate is the people whose G d is the L rd.