Psalms

Psalm 144:7–8

⁷Reach down from on high;

set me free and rescue me

from the deep waters,

from the grasp of foreigners,

⁸whose mouths speak falsehood,

whose right hands are deceitful.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Reach down	שְׁלַ֥ח	šə·laḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7971 send
from on high	מִמָּ֫ר֥וֹם	mim·mā·rō·wm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H4791 height
set me free	פְּצֵ֣נִי	pə·ṣê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H6475 part, open
and rescue me	וְ֭הַצִּילֵנִי	wə·haṣ·ṣî·lê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H5337 strip, plunder
from the deep	רַבִּ֑ים	rab·bîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7227 much, many, great
waters	מִמַּ֣יִם	mim·ma·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
from the grasp	יָדֶ֗יךָ	yā·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular	H3027 hand
of foreigners	נֵכָֽר׃	nê·ḵār	Noun - masculine singular	H5236 that which is foreign, foreignness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
whose	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
mouths	פִּ֭יהֶם	pî·hem	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6310 mouth
speak	דִּבֶּר־	dib·ber-	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
falsehood	שָׁ֑וְא	šāw	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
whose right hands	וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם	wî·mî·nām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3225 right hand
are deceitful	שָֽׁקֶר׃	šā·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H8267 deception, disappointment, falsehood

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 144:7 Psalm 69:1–2 · Psalm 18:16 · Psalm 54:3 · Revelation 17:15 · Psalm 18:44 · Psalm 93:3–4 · Revelation 12:15–16 · Matthew 27:43 · 2 Samuel 22:17

Psalm 144:8 Psalm 12:2 · Isaiah 44:20 · Psalm 41:6 · Psalm 62:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.