{The Lord helped me like that too!} The Lord reached down from above. The Lord grabbed me and pulled me out of the deep water (trouble).
Psalm 144:7 - Easy To Read Version Lord, reach down from heaven\par and save me!\par Don’t let me drown in this sea of enemies.\par Save me from these foreigners.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Send thine hand from above; Rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Stretch forth Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hands of hostile aliens (tribes around us) American Standard Version (1901) Stretch forth thy hand from above; Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens; Common English Bible Stretch out your hand from above! Rescue me and deliver me from deep water, from the power of strangers, whose mouths speak lies, Catholic Public Domain Version They will shout about the memory of your abundant sweetness. And they will exult in your justice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice. |
{The Lord helped me like that too!} The Lord reached down from above. The Lord grabbed me and pulled me out of the deep water (trouble).
Those people that were true Israelites separated themselves from foreigners. The Israelites stood \{in the temple\} and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors. {\cf2\super [49]}
Our enemies’ armies would have been\par like a flood washing over us,\par like a river drowning us.\par
Save me from these foreigners.\par These enemies are liars.\par They say things that are not true.\par
The Lord reached down from above\par and saved me.\par The Lord caught me and pulled me out of\par deep water (trouble).\par
My enemies were stronger than me.\par Those people hated me.\par My enemies were too strong for me,\par so God saved me.\par
Those people will hear about me\par and quickly obey me.\par Those foreigners will be afraid of me.\par
Strangers that don’t even worship God\par have turned against me.\par Those powerful men are trying to kill me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [324]})\i0 \par
The people of Judah cheated other people. People in Jerusalem and Israel did terrible things! God loves the temple. {\cf2\super [13]} But the people in Judah didn’t respect the Lord’s holy temple. The people of Judah began to worship that foreign goddess!
He trusted God. So let God save him now, if God really wants him. He himself said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
Then the angel said to me, “You saw the water where the prostitute {\cf2\super [128]} sits. These waters are the many peoples, the different races, nations, and languages \{in the world\}.