144:7 Reach down 1 from above!
Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, 2
from the power of foreigners, 3
144:11 Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, 4
who speak lies,
and make false promises. 5
1 tn Heb “stretch out your hands.”
2 tn Heb “mighty waters.” The waters of the sea symbolize the psalmist’s powerful foreign enemies, as well as the realm of death they represent (see the next line and Ps 18:16-17).
3 tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”
4 tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”
5 tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” See v. 8 where the same expression occurs.