Psalms 144:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Psalms 144:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 144:710 words

HebrewMeaning

שְׁלַ֥חšəlaḥ

stretch outverbH7971

any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···

יָדֶ֗י/ךָyādeykā

hands yournounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

מִ/מָּ֫ר֥וֹםmimārwōm

from a high placepronH4791

dignity · haughty · height · (most ···

פְּצֵ֣/נִיpəṣēniy

set free meverbH6475

gape · open · rid · utter

וְ֭/הַצִּילֵ/נִיwəhaṣiylēniy

and deliver meconjH5337

at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···

מִ/מַּ֣יִםmimayim

from waterspronH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

רַבִּ֑יםrabiym

manyadjH7227

-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···

מִ֝/יַּ֗דmiyad

from the hand ofpronH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

בְּנֵ֣יbənēy

sons ofnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

נֵכָֽרnēkār

foreignnessnounH5236

strange

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 144:7

1. The title of this Psalm is brief in number of words, but heavy in the weight of its mysteries. “To David himself against Goliath.” This battle was fought in the time of our fathers, and you, beloved, remember it with me from Holy Scripture....David put five stones in his scrip, he hurled but one. The five Books were chosen, but unity conquered. Then, having smitten and overthrown him, he took the enemy's sword, and with it cut off his head. This our David also did, He…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 144

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