The Meaning of Psalms 144:14 Explained

Psalms 144:14

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.

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

Darby: Our kine laden with young; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.

ASV: When our oxen are well laden; When there is no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[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. 

What does Psalms 144:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 144:1-15 - God's People Are Happy
This psalm savors of the rocky caverns from which David and his men emerged to fight. Each day the chieftain asked God to teach him to fight, and realized that all his need would be met. The names he gives to God indicate that all-sidedness which becomes the complement of every conceivable necessity on our part.
What a striking conception opens in Psalms 144:4! Saul was but a "breath"! r.v., margin. The persecuting bands were as the shadows that pass across the hills! From them all he appealed to God to bow the heavens and come, to touch the mountains, and to rescue him from the rising waters. And when the storm has passed he sings his new glad song, Psalms 144:9. Psalms 144:12-15 were probably added at a later time, when David was established in his kingdom. They describe a summer afternoon of prosperity, when sons have grown from plants to trees, and daughters resemble the carved figures which support the beams of a palace. No breaking in of the foe, no need to go forth to fight, no outcry of oppression or want; but the halcyon sunset of a well-spent life. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 144

1  David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man
5  He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies
9  He promises to praise God
11  He prays for the happy state of the kingdom

What do the individual words in Psalms 144:14 mean?

our oxen [That may be] well-laden [That there be] no breaking in and no going out and [That there be] no outcry in our streets
אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים אֵֽין־ פֶּ֭רֶץ וְאֵ֣ין יוֹצֵ֑את וְאֵ֥ין צְ֝וָחָ֗ה בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ

אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ  our  oxen 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אַלּוּף 
Sense: tame, docile.
מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים  [That  may  be]  well-laden 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine plural
Root: סָבַל  
Sense: to bear, bear a load, drag oneself along.
אֵֽין־  [That  there  be]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
פֶּ֭רֶץ  breaking  in 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּרֶץ  
Sense: breach, gap, bursting forth.
וְאֵ֣ין  and  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
יוֹצֵ֑את  going  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
וְאֵ֥ין  and  [That  there  be]  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
צְ֝וָחָ֗ה  outcry 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צְוָחָה  
Sense: outcry, shout.
בִּרְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ  in  our  streets 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: רְחֹב  
Sense: broad or open place or plaza.