King James Version
Psalms 144:9 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 144 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Psalms 144:9 · KJV
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; hand from: Heb. hands from
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
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.
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. salvation: or, victory
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto thee O God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“upon a psaltery”
H5035a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
“and an instrument of ten strings”
H6218ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
“will I sing praises”
H2167properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e., play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in so
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