11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, revive me; for Thy righteousness' sake, lead my soul out of trouble.

12 And according to thy mercy destroy my enemies, and destroy all that oppress my soul, for I am thy servant.

Psalm 143

David. [Against Goliath.]

1 Blessed be the Lord, my stronghold, who teaches my hands to battle, and my fingers to battle,

2 My mercy and my shield, my refuge and my Deliverer, my shield, and I trust in him. He subdues my people to me.

3 Lord! What is man, that Thou knowest of him, and the son of man, that Thou wilt pay attention to him?

4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a deviating shadow.

5 Lord! Bow down Thy heavens and come down; touch the mountains, and they will smoke;

6 flash with lightning and scatter them; shoot Thy arrows and scatter them;

7 stretch forth thy hand from on high, deliver me, and save me from many waters, from the hand of the children of nations,

8 whose lips speak vain things, and whose right hand is the right hand of lies.

9 God! I will sing a new song to Thee, on a ten-stringed psalter I will sing to Thee,

10 Who givest salvation to kings, and delivereth David thy servant from the fierce sword.

11 Deliver me, and deliver me out of the hand of the children of nations, whose lips speak vain things, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood.

12 Let our sons be like overgrown plants in their youth; our daughters are like elaborately carved pillars in palaces.

13 Let our barns be full, abundant in all kinds of bread; let our sheep multiply by thousands and thousands in our pastures;

14 Let our oxen be fat; let there be no plunder, no loss, no crying in our streets.

E-15 Blessed is the people that have these things. Blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 144

Praise of David.