Psalms 144:7 KJV
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Words Then and Now
- rid to rescue; to deliver Still heard today: rid the town of crime, set it free from crime Webster’s 1828 · Rid
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- thine one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- David acknowledges the great goodness of God, and prays for helpWhen 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...
Thompson Chains
- Deliverance SoughtSee the chain from Psalms 25:20 · 8 links
Cross References
- Psalms 18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
- 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. …
- 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.
- Psalms 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Psalms 93:3–4 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. …
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 69:14–15 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. …
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. …
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Hebrew and Strong’s
- Send שְׁלַח šĕlaḥ שָׁלַח Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
- thine hand יָדֶיךָ yādêkā יָד Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- from above מִמָּרוֹם mimmārôm מָרוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- rid פְּצֵנִי pĕṣēnî פָּצָה Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common singular
- me, and deliver וְהַצִּילֵנִי wĕhaṣṣîlēnî נָצַל Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine singular · with and, suffix: first person common singular
- me out of great רַבִּים rabbîm רַב Adjective · masculine plural
- waters מִמַּיִם mimmayim מַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with preposition
- from the hand מִיַּד miyyad יָד Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of strange נֵכָר nēkār נֵכָר Noun · masculine singular
- children בְּנֵי bĕnê בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct
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