Psalms 144 · Verse 10

Psalms 144:10

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Psalms 144:10, King James Version

Psalms 144:10 in other translations

BSBto Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
WEBYou are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
ASVThou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
YLTWho is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.
DARBYWho givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.
BBEIt is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
WebsterIt is he that giveth salvation to kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

What does Psalms 144:10 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 He that giveth salvation unto kings - Monarchy, in the principle, is from God: it is that form of government which, in the course of the Divine providence, has principally prevailed; and that which, on the whole, has been most beneficial to mankind. God, therefore, has it under his peculiar protection. It is by him that kings reign; and by his special providence they are protected.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 144:9-15

Fresh favours call for fresh returns of thanks; we must praise God for the mercies we hope for by his promise, as well as those we have received by his providence. To be saved from the hurtful sword, or from wasting sickness, without deliverance from the dominion of sin and the wrath to come, is but a small advantage. The public prosperity David desired for his people, is stated. It adds much to the comfort and…

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Psalms 144:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַנּוֹתֵ֥ןha.no.Tenwho givesH5414
תְּשׁוּעָ֗הte.shu.'AhdeliveranceH8668
לַמְּלָ֫כִ֥יםla.me.La.Khimto <the> kingsH4428
הַ֭פּוֹצֶהHa.po.tzehwho sets freeH6475
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דָּוִ֥דda.VidDavidH1732
עַבְדּ֗וֹav.Doservant hisH5650
מֵחֶ֥רֶבme.Che.revfrom a swordH2719
רָעָֽה\׃ra.'AhevilH7451

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 144:10

  • Psalms 18:50

    Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

  • Psalms 140:7

    O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

  • Psalms 33:16-18

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

  • 2 Samuel 5:19-25

    And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. And David came to Baal–perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal–perazim. And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. …

  • 2 Samuel 21:16-17

    And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 8:6-14

    Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, …

  • 1 Samuel 17:45-46

    Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

  • Isaiah 45:1-6

    Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. …

  • 2 Kings 5:1

    Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

  • Jeremiah 27:6-8

    And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
that giveth.
18:50; 33:16-18; 2Sa 5:19-25; 8:6-14; 2Ki 5:1
salvation. or, victory.
Isa 45:1-6; Jer 27:6-8
who delivereth.
140:7; 1Sa 17:45,46; 2Sa 21:16,17

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Context

  • Psalms 144:9

    I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

  • Psalms 144:10

    It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

  • Psalms 144:11

    Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

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Psalms 144:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tú, el que da salud á los reyes, el que redime á David su siervo de maligna espada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Toi qui donnes le salut aux rois, toi qui délivres David, ton serviteur, de l’épée funeste.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dir, der Rettung gibt den Königen, der seinen Knecht David entreißt dem verderblichen Schwerte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnia opera tua, et sancti tui benedicant tibi.