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Psalms 144:14
14May our cows become fat. I pray that our enemies will never knock down our city's walls. I pray that none of us will become their prisoners. I pray that nobody will cry in our city's streets because they are afraid.
Psalms 144:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
- New International Version (NIV)our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.
- English Standard Version (ESV)may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
- New King James Version (NKJV)That our oxen may be well laden; That there be no breaking in or going out; That there be no outcry in our streets.
Context of Psalms 144:14
12When our sons are young, may they grow quickly, like strong plants. May our daughters become tall and beautiful, like the beautiful pillars in a king's house. 13May our homes have plenty of different kinds of food. May our sheep have thousands of lambs, so that there is no space in our fields. May our cows become fat. I pray that our enemies will never knock down our city's walls. I pray that none of us will become their prisoners. I pray that nobody will cry in our city's streets because they are afraid. 15When God does that for a nation, he has surely blessed those people! If people know that the Lord is their God, then God has blessed them!
Read all of Psalms 144Psalms 144:14 word by word
אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים אֵֽין־פֶּ֭רֶץ וְאֵ֣ין יוֹצֵ֑את וְאֵ֥ין צְ֝וָחָ֗ה בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 144:14
- Deuteronomy 28:7When your enemies attack you, the Lord will knock them down. They will come from one direction to attack you, but they will run away from you in seven different directions!
- Judges 5:8When the Israelites chose new gods to worship, enemies attacked their cities. No one in Israel was ready to fight. Not one of their 40,000 soldiers had a shield or a spear.
- Judges 6:3When they planted seeds to grow food, their enemies would attack them. The Midianites, Amalekites and people from the east would come to rob them.
- 1 Samuel 13:17The Philistines sent out three small groups of soldiers to attack towns in Israel. One group went towards Ophrah in the land of Shual.
- Jeremiah 13:17If you refuse to listen to God's message, I will hide myself and I will weep. Because you are so proud, tears will pour from my eyes. I will cry because the Lord has sent his own people away as prisoners to a foreign land.
- Jeremiah 14:18When I go out into the fields, I see the bodies of people who have died in war. When I look in the city, I see people who are dying from famine. The prophets and the priests are busy with their work. But they do not understand what is happening.” ’
- Lamentations 1:4Zion's streets are sad places now. Nobody comes to worship God there any longer. There is nothing to hear at the city gates. The priests are sad. Strangers are cruel to the young women. The people in Zion are very sad.
- Zechariah 8:3‘Jerusalem is the city that I have chosen. I will return there and I will live there. Then Jerusalem will be called the city that obeys God. And the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the mountain that God has chosen.’
Commentaries on Psalms 144:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14That our oxen may be strong to labour - Margin, “able to bear burdens;” or, “laden with flesh.” The Hebrew is simply loaded or laden: that is, with a burden; or, with flesh; or, as Gesenius renders it, with young. The latter idea would best suit the connection - that of cattle producing abundantly or multiplying. That there be no breaking in, nor going out - No breaking in of other cattle into enclosed grounds, and no escape of those which are shut up for…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 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 happiness of parents in this…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14no going into captivity, and no cry of lament: These images show peace and safety.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 14Our princes are borne The great princes among us are borne by those smaller than they, for the small ones obey the greater ones, the result being that there is no breach among us.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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