Psalms 144:7 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 144:7

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

KJV

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ASV

Stretch forth thy hand from above; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens;

WEB

Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,

YLT

Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,

DBT

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

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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15 verses on the floor

2 Samuel 22:17
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
Psalms 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalms 69:14
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:
Psalms 69:1–2
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

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He does not specify who they were that he was in fear of, but says, Scatter them, destroy them. God knew whom he meant, though he did not name them. But afterwards he describes them (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the L ORD . The method is the same in this latter part of the psalm as in the former; David first gives glory to God and then begs mercy from him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

That he might see the public peace and prosperity: "Lord, let us have victory, that we may have quietness, which we shall never have while our enemies have it in their power to do us mischief." David, as a king, here expresses the earnest desire he had of the welfare of his people, wherein he was a type of Christ, who provides effectually for the good of his chosen.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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