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Psalms 144:7
7Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,
Psalms 144:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
- New International Version (NIV)Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners
- English Standard Version (ESV)Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners,
Context of Psalms 144:7
5Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke; 6Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them: Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens, 8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 9O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:
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שְׁלַ֥ח יָדֶ֗יךָ מִמָּ֫ר֥וֹם פְּצֵ֣נִי וְ֭הַצִּילֵנִי מִמַּ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים מִ֝יַּ֗ד בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָֽר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 144:7
- Psalms 18:16He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
- 2 Samuel 22:17He reached forth from above, he took me, He drew me out of great waters;
- Matthew 27:43He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.
- Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
- Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
- Revelation 12:15And the serpent cast out of his mouth behind the woman water as a river, that he might make her be [as] one carried away by a river.
- Revelation 17:15And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
- Psalms 144:11Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- Psalms 54:3For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Nehemiah 9:2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Malachi 2:11Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Commentaries on Psalms 144:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Send thine hand from above - Margin, as in Hebrew, “hands.” See the notes at Psalm 18:16: “He sent from above.” Rid me, and deliver me out of great waters - Thus Psalm 18:16: “He took me, he drew me out of many waters.” As God had done it once, there was ground for the prayer that he would do it yet again. From the hand of strange children - Strangers: strangers to thee; strangers to thy people, foreigners. See Psalm 54:3: “For strangers are risen up…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The psalmist asks God to act against his enemies (compare Psalm 18:7–19).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 7deliver me פצני, take me out. That is an expression of saving, and so is (verse 10): “Who delivers (הפוצה) David His servant.” (I found.)Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 144
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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