New Century Version

Psalms 144:4-13 New Century Version (NCV)

4. People are like a breath;their lives are like passing shadows.

5. Lord, tear open the sky and come down.Touch the mountains so they will smoke.

6. Send the lightning and scatter my enemies.Shoot your arrows and force them away.

7. Reach down from above.Save me and rescue me out of this sea of enemies,from these foreigners.

8. They are liars;they are dishonest.

9. God, I will sing a new song to you;I will play to you on the ten-stringed harp.

10. You give victory to kings.You save your servant David from cruel swords.

11. Save me, rescue me from these foreigners.They are liars; they are dishonest.

12. Let our sons in their youthgrow like plants.Let our daughters belike the decorated stones in the Temple.

13. Let our barns be filledwith crops of all kinds.Let our sheep in the fields havethousands and tens of thousands of lambs.