Psalms 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Psalms 144:7 in other translations
| BSB | Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners, |
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| WEB | Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners, |
| ASV | Stretch forth thy hand from above; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens; |
| YLT | Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger, |
| DARBY | Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens, |
| BBE | Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men; |
| Webster | Send thy hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; |
What does Psalms 144:7 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 144:1-8
When men become eminent for things as to which they have had few advantages, they should be more deeply sensible that God has been their Teacher. Happy those to whom the Lord gives that noblest victory, conquest and dominion over their own spirits. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy. There was a special power of God, inclining the people of Israel to be subject to David…
Psalms 144:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 144:7
- Psalms 69:1-2
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
- Psalms 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
- Psalms 54:3
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Revelation 17:15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
- Matthew 27:43
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
- 2 Samuel 22:17
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
- Psalms 18:44
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
- Revelation 12:15-16
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
- Psalms 93:3-4
The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
- Malachi 2:11
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
- 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:
- Nehemiah 9:2
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
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Context
- Psalms 144:6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
- Psalms 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
- Psalms 144:8
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms 144:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Envía tu mano desde lo alto; redímeme, y sácame de las muchas aguas, de la mano de los hijos extraños; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Étends tes mains d’en haut; arrache-moi et délivre-moi des grandes eaux, de la main des fils de l’étranger, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Strecke deine Hände aus von der Höhe; reiße mich und errette mich aus großen Wassern, aus der Hand der Söhne der Fremde, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Memoriam abundantiæ suavitatis tuæ eructabunt, et justitia tua exsultabunt. |