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.

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  • Psalms 140:7

    O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

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  • Psalms 33:16–18

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

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  • 2 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.

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  • 2 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.

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  • 2 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.

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  • 1 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.

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  • Isaiah 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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