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Psalms 144:12

so as to make known to the sons of men your power and the glory of your magnificent kingdom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

In Context

11They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and they will declare your power,

13Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion is with all, from generation to generation. The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works.

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Cross References

Job 42:15And, in the whole world, there were not found women so beautiful as the daughters of Job. And so their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.

Psalms 127:4Behold, so will the man be blessed who fears the Lord.

Proverbs 31:10Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price.

Isaiah 3:16And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion have been lifted up, and have walked with extended necks and winking eyes, because they have continued on, walking noisily and advancing with a pretentious stride,

Lamentations 4:2BETH. The famous sons of Zion, and those clothed with the foremost gold: how they have become like earthen vessels, the work of the hands of a potter.

1 Peter 3:3For you, there should be no unnecessary adornment of the hair, or surrounding with gold, or the wearing of ornate clothing.

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 →

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