91:7 Though a thousand may fall beside you,
and a multitude on your right side,
it 1 will not reach you.
144:7 Reach down 2 from above!
Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, 3
from the power of foreigners, 4
1 tn Apparently the deadly disease mentioned in v. 6b is the understood subject here.
2 tn Heb “stretch out your hands.”
3 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).
4 tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”