Apologetics Bible

Psalms 144:1

Hebrew

לְדָוִד ׀ בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה ׀ צוּרִי הַֽמְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַקְרָב אֶצְבְּעוֹתַי לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

ledavid- -varvkhe-yehvah- -tzvriy-hamelamed-yaday-laqerav-'etzeve'votay-lamilechamah

KJV: Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

AKJV: Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

ASV: Blessed be Jehovah my rock,

YLT: By David. Blessed is Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

Exposition: Psalms 144:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:2

Hebrew

חַסְדִּי וּמְצוּדָתִי מִשְׂגַּבִּי וּֽמְפַלְטִי לִי מָגִנִּי וּבוֹ חָסִיתִי הָרוֹדֵד עַמִּי תַחְתָּֽי׃

chasediy-vmetzvdatiy-mishegaviy-vmefaletiy-liy-maginiy-vvvo-chasiytiy-harvoded-'amiy-tachetay

KJV: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

AKJV: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me.

ASV: My lovingkindness, and my fortress,

YLT: My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!

Exposition: Psalms 144:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:3

Hebrew

יְֽהוָה מָה־אָדָם וַתֵּדָעֵהוּ בֶּן־אֱנוֹשׁ וַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּ׃

yehvah-mah-'adam-vateda'ehv-ven-'envosh-vatechashevehv

KJV: LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

AKJV: LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him!

ASV: Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him?

YLT: Jehovah, what is man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

Exposition: Psalms 144:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:4

Hebrew

אָדָם לַהֶבֶל דָּמָה יָמָיו כְּצֵל עוֹבֵֽר׃

'adam-lahevel-damah-yamayv-khetzel-'vover

KJV: Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

AKJV: Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.

ASV: Man is like to vanity:

YLT: Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.

Exposition: Psalms 144:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:5

Hebrew

יְהוָה הַט־שָׁמֶיךָ וְתֵרֵד גַּע בֶּהָרִים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃

yehvah-hat-shameykha-vetered-ga'-vehariym-veye'eshanv

KJV: Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

AKJV: Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

ASV: Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down:

YLT: Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.

Exposition: Psalms 144:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:6

Hebrew

בְּרוֹק בָּרָק וּתְפִיצֵם שְׁלַח חִצֶּיךָ וּתְהֻמֵּֽם׃

vervoq-varaq-vtefiytzem-shelach-chitzeykha-vtehumem

KJV: Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

AKJV: Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them.

ASV: Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;

YLT: Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,

Exposition: Psalms 144:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:7

Hebrew

שְׁלַח יָדֶיךָ מִמָּרוֹם פְּצֵנִי וְהַצִּילֵנִי מִמַּיִם רַבִּים מִיַּד בְּנֵי נֵכָֽר׃

shelach-yadeykha-mimarvom-fetzeniy-vehatziyleniy-mimayim-raviym-miyad-veney-nekhar

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

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

ASV: Stretch forth thy hand from above;

YLT: Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger,

Exposition: Psalms 144:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:8

Hebrew

אֲשֶׁר פִּיהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁוְא וִֽימִינָם יְמִין שָֽׁקֶר׃

'asher-fiyhem-diver-shave'-viymiynam-yemiyn-shaqer

KJV: Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

AKJV: Whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

ASV: Whose mouth speaketh deceit,

YLT: Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Exposition: Psalms 144:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:9

Hebrew

אֱ‍ֽלֹהִים שִׁיר חָדָשׁ אָשִׁירָה לָּךְ בְּנֵבֶל עָשׂוֹר אֲזַמְּרָה־לָּֽךְ׃

'elohiym-shiyr-chadash-'ashiyrah-lakhe-venevel-'ashvor-'azamerah-lakhe

KJV: 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.

AKJV: I will sing a new song to you, O God: on a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises to you.

ASV: I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:

YLT: O God, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee.

Exposition: Psalms 144:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:10

Hebrew

הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה לַמְּלָכִים הַפּוֹצֶה אֶת־דָּוִד עַבְדּוֹ מֵחֶרֶב רָעָֽה׃

hanvoten-teshv'ah-lamelakhiym-hafvotzeh-'et-david-'avedvo-mecherev-ra'ah

KJV: It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

AKJV: It is he that gives salvation to kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword.

ASV: Thou art he that giveth salvation unto kings;

YLT: Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.

Exposition: Psalms 144:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:11

Hebrew

פְּצֵנִי וְהַצִּילֵנִי מִיַּד בְּֽנֵי־נֵכָר אֲשֶׁר פִּיהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁוְא וִֽימִינָם יְמִין שָֽׁקֶר׃

fetzeniy-vehatziyleniy-miyad-veney-nekhar-'asher-fiyhem-diver-shave'-viymiynam-yemiyn-shaqer

KJV: 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:

AKJV: Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

ASV: Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,

YLT: Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

Exposition: Psalms 144:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:12

Hebrew

אֲשֶׁר בָּנֵינוּ ׀ כִּנְטִעִים מְגֻדָּלִים בִּֽנְעוּרֵיהֶם בְּנוֹתֵינוּ כְזָוִיֹּת מְחֻטָּבוֹת תַּבְנִית הֵיכָֽל׃

'asher-vaneynv- -khineti'iym-megudaliym-vine'vreyhem-venvoteynv-khezaviyot-mechutavvot-taveniyt-heykhal

KJV: 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:

AKJV: 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:

ASV: When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth,

YLT: Because our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished--the likeness of a palace,

Exposition: Psalms 144:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:13

Hebrew

מְזָוֵינוּ מְלֵאִים מְפִיקִים מִזַּן אֶל־זַן צֹאונֵנוּ מַאֲלִיפוֹת מְרֻבָּבוֹת בְּחוּצוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

mezaveynv-mele'iym-mefiyqiym-mizan-'el-zan-tzo'vnenv-ma'aliyfvot-meruvavvot-vechvtzvoteynv

KJV: That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

AKJV: That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

ASV: Whenour garners are full, affording all manner of store,

YLT: Our garners are full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places,

Exposition: Psalms 144:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:14

Hebrew

אַלּוּפֵינוּ מְֽסֻבָּלִים אֵֽין־פֶּרֶץ וְאֵין יוֹצֵאת וְאֵין צְוָחָה בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃

'alvfeynv-mesuvaliym-'eyn-feretz-ve'eyn-yvotze't-ve'eyn-tzevachah-virechovoteynv

KJV: That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

AKJV: That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

ASV: Whenour oxen are well laden;

YLT: Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places.

Exposition: Psalms 144:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 144:15

Hebrew

אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ אַֽשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁיֲהוָה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃

'asherey-ha'am-shekhakhah-lvo-'asherey-ha'am-sheyahvah-'elohayv

KJV: Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

AKJV: Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yes, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

ASV: Happy is the people that is in such a case;

YLT: O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God is Jehovah!

Exposition: Psalms 144:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.