Psalm 144:7

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Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” Davidic.Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.

The floods have lifted up, Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.

From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent.

He also said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.

For strangers rise up against me,
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.

Selah

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the guilt of their fathers.

Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the Lord’s sanctuary,

which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.