Psalms 144:7
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
8whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
Psalms 18:16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
Psalms 69:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
Psalms 144:11Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 144:2-9
Grateful Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness; Prayer for Success against Enemies. 1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. 3 Lord , what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord , and… Read the whole commentary →