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Psalm 144:7-9
New English Translation
Psalm 144:7-9
New English Translation
7 Reach down[a] from above.
Grab me and rescue me from the surging water,[b]
from the power of foreigners,[c]
8 who speak lies,
and make false promises.[d]
9 O God, I will sing a new song to you.
Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:7 tn Heb “stretch out your hands.”
- Psalm 144:7 tn Heb “mighty waters.” The waters of the sea symbolize the psalmist’s powerful foreign enemies, as well as the realm of death they represent (see the next line and Ps 18:16-17).
- Psalm 144:7 tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”
- Psalm 144:8 tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” The reference to the “right hand” is probably a metonymy for an oath. When making an oath, one would raise the hand as a solemn gesture. See Exod 6:8; Num 14:30; Deut 32:40. The figure thus represents the making of false oaths (false promises).
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