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Blessed Be the LORD, My Rock

Psalms 144:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
KJV
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
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;
LSV
Send forth Your hand from on high, || Free me, and deliver me from many waters, || From the hand of sons of a stranger,
YLT
Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,
DBY
Stretch out thy hands from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of aliens,
DRC143:7
Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of strange children:
GNV
Send thine hand from aboue: deliuer me, and take me out of the great waters, and from the hand of strangers,
JPS
Stretch forth Thy hands from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of many waters, out of the hand of strangers;
LXXE143:7
Send forth thine hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strange children;Gr. many.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שְׁלַ֥ח יָדֶ֗יךָ מִמָּ֫ר֥וֹם פְּצֵ֣נִי וְ֭הַצִּילֵנִי מִמַּ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים מִ֝יַּ֗ד בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָֽר׃
LXX-Br143:7
Ἐξαπόστειλον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐξ ὕψους, ἐξελοῦ με καὶ ῥῦσαί με ἐξ ὑδάτων πολλῶν, ἐκ χειρὸς υἱῶν ἀλλοτρίων·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 69:1–2Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
  • Psalms 18:16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
  • Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
  • Psalms 54:3For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
  • Matthew 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
  • Psalms 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
  • Revelation 12:15–16Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the…
  • Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
  • 2 Samuel 22:17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
  • Malachi 2:11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
  • Nehemiah 9:2Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
  • Psalms 144:11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
  • Psalms 69:14–15Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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