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Psalms 144:7–8

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Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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From verse 7

  1. Psalms 18:16Rank 1 from verse 7
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    16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

  2. Psalms 69:1–2Rank 2 from verse 7
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    1SAVE me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

    2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  3. Psalms 54:3Rank 3 from verse 7
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    3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  4. Revelation 17:15Rank 4 from verse 7
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    15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

  5. 2 Samuel 22:17Rank 5 from verse 7
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    17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 12:2Rank 1 from verse 8
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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

  2. Isaiah 44:20Rank 2 from verse 8
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    20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  3. Psalms 41:6Rank 3 from verse 8
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    6And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

  4. Psalms 62:4Rank 4 from verse 8
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    4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  5. Deuteronomy 32:40Rank 5 from verse 8
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    40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

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Psalms 144:7

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rid

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To free, deliver, or remove from danger, bondage, or an unwanted thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 144:8

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

falsehood

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What is contrary to truth: a lie, deceit, unfaithfulness, or false appearance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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144:1BLESSED be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

144:3Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

144:4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

144:5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

144:6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

144:7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

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144:8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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144:9I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

144:10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

144:11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

144:12That 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:

144:13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

144:14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

144:15Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

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