Psalms 144:14
our oxen are well laden, no breaking in, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15blessed [are] the people who are in such a case. Blessed are the people whose God is LORD.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:7LORD will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee. They shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.
Judges 5:8They chose new gods, then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges 6:6And Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to LORD.
1 Samuel 31:7And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled. And the Philistine
Isaiah 24:11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for [your] pride. And my eye shall weep greatly, and run down with tears, because LORD's flock is taken captive.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 144:10-15
Thanksgiving and Petitions; National Happiness Desired. 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. 10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. 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: 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner… Read the whole commentary →