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Psalms 144:7

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

KJV

Memoriam abundantiæ suavitatis tuæ eructabunt, et justitia tua exsultabunt.

Vulgate

μνήμην τοῦ πλήθους τῆς χρηστότητός σου ἐξερεύξονται, καὶ τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ἀγαλλιάσονται.

LXX

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

ASV

שְׁלַ֥ח יָדֶ֗י/ךָ מִ/מָּ֫ר֥וֹם פְּצֵ֣/נִי וְ֭/הַצִּילֵ/נִי מִ/מַּ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים מִ֝/יַּ֗ד בְּנֵ֣י נֵכָֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
מְר֣וֹם
mrvm
noun · 54×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נֵכָֽר
nkr
noun · 36×
פָּצ֥וּ
ptsv
verb · 15×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • 2Sam 22:17 — He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
  • 2Sam 22:17 — He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
  • Hos 5:7 — They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
  • Matt 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.
  • Neh 9:2 — And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
  • Ps 18:16 — He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
  • Ps 18:16 — He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
  • Ps 18:44 — As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
  • Ps 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
  • Ps 54:3 — For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 69:1 — Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 93:3 — The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
  • Ps 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:
  • Rev 12:15 — 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.
  • Rev 17:15 — And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.