Psalms 144:10
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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.
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 stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
- KJV
- It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
- WEB
- You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
- ASV
- Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings; Who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
- DARBY
- Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful sword.
- BLB
- the One giving salvation to kings, the One releasing David His servant from the sword of evil.
- ÅB
- du som gir kongene frelse, som redder David, din tjener, fra det onde sverd.
- OTB
- Han som gir frelse til konger,
Han som redder Sin tjener David fra det skadelige sverd. - B1930
- du som gir kongene frelse, som redder David, din tjener, fra det onde sverd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 18:50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Read in contextPsalms 140:7
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Read in contextPsalms 33:16–18
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:19–25
And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
Read in context2 Samuel 21:16–17
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:6–14
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:45–46
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:1–6
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
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