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Psalms 144:7

144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; hand from: Heb. hands from

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Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;

Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

Send your hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

What does Psalms 144:7 mean?

Psalms 144:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁלַח (shâlach), יָד (yâd), מָרוֹם (mârôwm).

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Sendשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
thine
handיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
from
above;מָרוֹםmârôwm/maw-rome'/H4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
ridפָּצָהpâtsâh/paw-tsaw'/H6475to rend, i.e. open (especially the mouth)
me,
and
deliverנָצַלnâtsal/naw-tsal'/H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
me
out
of
greatרַבrab/rab/H7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
waters,מַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
from
the
handיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of
strangeנֵכָרnêkâr/nay-kawr'/H5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
children;בֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
hand
from:
Heb.
hands
from

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 144:7.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled: Heb. caused her to come

1 Samuel 7:3

And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

Genesis 19:10

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

Genesis 21:14

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 22:10

And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 22:12

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. with: Heb. upon

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What does Psalms 144:7 say?

Psalms 144:7 (King James Version) reads: "Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; hand from: Heb. hands from"

Is Psalms 144:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 144:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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