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Psalm 144:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 144:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 [a]I will sing a new song to you, my God;
on a ten-stringed lyre I will play music for you.[b]
10 You grant victory to kings
and deliverance to your servant David from the cruel sword.[c]
11 Deliver me and rescue me
from the hands of foreign foes
whose mouths utter lies
and whose right hands are raised to swear to untruths.[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 144:9 The psalmist makes a vow to praise the Lord for the expected victory.
- Psalm 144:9 This verse is close to Ps 33:2f (see Pss 40:4; 98:1; 149:1).
- Psalm 144:10 This verse takes up the conclusion of Ps 18. “My servant David” became a Messianic title (see Jer 33:21; Ezek 34:23ff; 37:24); it is found again in Pss 78:70; 89:4, 21.
- Psalm 144:11 The psalmist repeats the prayer in verses 7-8, probably as an introduction to verses 12-15.
