Psalms 144:7

Reach down ¹  from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, ²  from the power of foreigners, ³ 

2Sa 22:17; Ne 9:2; Ps 18:16; Ps 54:3; Ps 69:1,2,14,15; Ps 93:3,4; Ps 144:11; Mal 2:11; Mt 27:43; Re 12:15,16; Re 17:15

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.”