CHAPTER 144
He is my loving devotion
and my fortress,
my stronghold
and my deliverer.
He is my shield,
in whom I take refuge,
who subdues
peoples
under me.
Set me free
and rescue me
from the grasp
of foreigners,
whose
mouths
speak
falsehood,
whose right hands
are deceitful.
Then
our sons
will be like plants
nurtured
in their youth,
our daughters
like corner pillars
carved
to adorn
a palace.
Our storehouses
will be full,
supplying
all manner of
produce;
our flocks
will bring forth thousands,
tens of thousands
in our fields.
Our oxen
will bear great loads.
There will be no
breach in the walls,
no
going into captivity,
and no
cry of lament
in our streets.