3. Psalms 144:2. Who subdueth my people under me. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. This is our promise and heritage as believers, followers of Jesus Christ. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. David's praise of God as his all-sufficient help is enhanced by a recognition of the intrinsic worthlessness of man. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. PSALM 144 THANKSGIVING FOR ISRAEL'S HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS MORNING. 3 LORD, what is man, […] Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Happy those to whom the Lord gives that noblest victory, conquest and dominion over their own spirits. And if that is our case, then the Lord is our God even at this day. (Spurgeon, C. H. Lectures to my Students: Commenting and Commentaries)Rosscup adds: This is one of the more thorough older exegetical works on the Hebrew … “These verses may with a little accommodation be applied to a prosperous church, where the converts are growing and beautiful, the gospel stores abundant, and the spiritual increase most cheering. You have said, “Lord, how couldst thou have bestowed such favors upon me, so utterly unworthy, so insignificant, so unknown, so worthless? Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; Moses, you know, was called “one drawn out of the water”, so are all Gods people, they are drawn out of floods of tribulation. Psalms 144:3. O L ord, what are human beings that you regard them, or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refuseing them will have impact how our site functions. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Psalms 144:2. That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: When this is the case spiritually, when there is milk for babes, meat for strong men, and not a little of each, but more than enough for all, then are we very happy. These are but the fringes of th… Psalms 144:14. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 144:1-8 When men become eminent for things as to which they have had few advantages, they should be more deeply sensible that God has been their Teacher. -A Psalm of David. They are surrounded by those floods as though deserted, and left there to perish; but keen is the eye that watches over them, strong is the hand that preserves them, and sure is the arm that delivers them. Psalm 144 Prayer for National Deliverance and Security. i. The present psalm bears a strong resemblance to David's … Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. May this be our case! Psalms 144:12. EXPOSITION VERSE 144 Verse 144.—"The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting." Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. First he had said that God's testimonies were righteous, then that they were everlasting, and now that their righteousness is everlasting. That there be no breaking in, nor going out; That there be no wolves to destroy by breaking in; and that there be no sheep to suffer injury by going astray. Happy those to whom the Lord gives that noblest victory, conquest and dominion over their own spirits. God did but set one foot upon Mount Sinai, and it became altogether on a smoke. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. i. Mind that ye stand to this, and never depart from it. d. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD: Yet such blessings could only come to God’s covenant people when they were loyal to God as they had promised to be loyal (Exodus 24:3-8). To this significance of the number ten for the first part, allusion is pointedly made in Psalms 144… It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. Psalms 144:6-7. I know, ye people of God, you can say of Jehovah, “He is the One in whom I trust.” Rely upon anyone else, and your hopes are doomed to disappointment, as a bowing wall shall he be, and as a tottering fence. There has been nothing slipshod in their upbringing.” (Kidner), iii. And if it is our case, then the Lord is our God even at this day. Psalms 144:13. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. Study Psalm 144 using Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Audio Commentary: Psalm 144 Psalm 144 1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 2 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. This glorious hymn of thanksgiving came upon the realization of David and all Israel that "the morning" he had so earnestly prayed for in the preceding psalm (Psalms 143:8) had indeed dawned.A united, happy Israel were enjoying great prosperity and peace following the defeat and death of Absalom. “The Lord had promised to bless his people with stalwart youth, productivity, and prosperity, and to protect them from enemy attacks and humiliation (cf. Blessed be the Lord my strength — On whom I rely, and from whom I have power to withstand and subdue my enemies, and to perform the duties … 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: You see, good men sometimes repeat their prayers; they present the same petition over again, and they thus follow the example of Christ, who prayed three times, “saying the same words.”. The Story of Psalm 144 There seem to be two different psalms here. Shadow is the absence of light; and what is man but, as it were, the absence of light, the absence of anything that is substantial? or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Bible commentary on the Book of Psalms, chapter 144, by Dr. Bob Utley, retired professor of hermeneutics. “Those who worship the happy God become a happy people.” (Spurgeon), iii. Ps. 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: Or, rather, “of a temple.” This should be the prayer of every parent, that his sons may be bringing forth fruit unto God, that his daughters may be fixed as polished stones in the Church of God, to form a part of the great spiritual temple. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. Psalms 144 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary by Albert Barnes, a dedicated student of the Bible, continues to be very popular even today. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. words that David prayed before he fought Goliath. The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. He is but the fleeting shadow of some earthly object, which soon passes away. “We desire a blessing for our whole family, daughters as well as sons. 144:1 «[A Psalm] of David.» Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which a teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight: (a) Who out of a poor shepherd has made a valiant warrior and mighty conqueror.144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who b subdueth my people under me. The Lord make it so in all our churches evermore.” (Spurgeon). Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. Whole Psalm. There ministers and workers are in full vigour, and the people are happy and united. That our oxen may be strong to labour; That the ministers of God may be mighty; that Sabbath-school teachers, and all earnest labourers, may have strength given to them. ... Psalm 144:3-4 is surprising in that the focus moves from Israel to all humans. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. I will sing a new song unto thee, O God. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. “What is man, that thou takest knowledge of him!”. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth, Happy are the people who are in such a state, Happy are the people whose God is the LORD, © Copyright - Enduring Word | . Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. They swear, but they perjure themselves; they lift up the right hand, but they lie all the while. This is repeated from Psalm 144:7; and is done to show the vehemency and importunity of the request, and the danger David was in, and his sense of it; See Gill on "Ps 144:7"; whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood. Now let us read about two interesting incidents in David’s warrior life. Click on the different category headings to find out more. Read Psalm 144:12 commentary using The Treasury of David. Psalms 144:4. This is what some *Jewish The story of David and Goliath is in 1 Samuel chapter 17. The designation Elohim, suddenly addressed to Jehovah in Psalm 144:9, is unusual in the last two books of the Psalter. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Spiritual fertility is a blessed thing, when each Christian, each of the Lord’s sheep, becomes prolific in increasing Christ’s flock. Thanks be unto God, he that is with us in six troubles will not forsake us in the seventh! The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy. Psalms 144:1-15. “This mercy I beg, not only for my own sake, but for the sake of thy people, that thine and our enemies being subdued, and peace established in the land, thy people may enjoy those blessings which thou hast promised to them.” (Poole), ii. For the girls to be left out of the circle of blessing would be unhappy indeed.” (Spurgeon), iv. Blessed with safety and peace in the community, with no violence (breaking in or going out) or riot over injustice (outcry in our streets). Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. You can also change some of your preferences. Blessed be the L ord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; 2. my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues the peoples under me. We may request cookies to be set on your device. Verse 12. After six psalms of sorrowful prayer in distress, we have now a psalm of praise and thanksgiving for God's gracious answer to supplications; and also a psalm of intercession. ii. "Commentary on Psalms 144:4". You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. The psalmist returns to his original theme of the praise of God (see Psalms 144:1, Psalms 144:2), and promises a "new song," as in Psalms … It seemed as if the kingdom had gone from him; his ungrateful son had stolen the people’s hearts, and yet God was pleased to give him back his kingdom, and to set him upon his throne yet more firmly than before: “Who subdueth my people under me.” Christian, say that it is God who subdues your troubles, God who conquers your sins, God who enlightens your darkness, God who doeth all things for you; give him all the praise for every deliverance. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. the son of man, that You are mindful of him? That there be no complaining in our street. Psalms 144:1. Having thus magnified God for the past, and marvelled at his loving-kindness, the psalmist now turns to prayer: —. Thus he gives us a larger and more detailed account of the word of God the longer he is engaged in writing upon it. For while it treasures the gifts, it reserves its final beatitude for the relationship behind them: that of being the people who know the Lord as their own.” (Kidner), (c) 2020 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik – ewm@enduringword.com. Psalms 144:9-11. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. That our oxen may be strong to labour: Psalms 144:14-15. T The remarkable thing here is that the critics have no trouble at all ascribing that `lost psalm' to David. 1. they are the object of YHWH's special care (cf. Probably this Psalm was written after the crushing out of the great revolt under Absalom, and well might David ascribe to the divine hand his deliverance from that trial. "Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible". That our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: Spiritual fertility is a blessed thing, when each Christian, each of the Lord’s sheep, becomes prolific in increasing Christ’s flock. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Psalms 144:1 Blessed [be] the Lord my strength The author and giver of his natural strength of body, and of the fortitude of his mind, and of all the spiritual strength he had, to exercise grace, to bear up under afflictions and trials, to perform duty, and withstand enemies. Psalms 144:14-15. PSALM 144 OVERVIEW.. Albeit that this Psalm is in some measure very similar to Psalms 18:1-50, yet it is a new song, and in its latter portion it is strikingly so.Let the reader accept it as a new psalm, and not as a mere variation of an old one, or as two compositions roughly joined together. Verses 1-15. “In Psalm 144 David is extremely personal as he confesses who he had found God to be. May this be our case! Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity. Psalms 144:13. It should be said of believers, Happy are the people whose God is the LORD. Snakes in the grass are the most dangerous reptiles and enemies who will do any evil thing in order to ruin you, and who will tell any lie in the world in order to injure you, are just the hardest to overthrow. "I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing … See Gill on "Ps 144:8." The LORD is gracious and full of compassion: David echoed the self-description of Yahweh to Moses: The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth (Exodus 34:6). In like manner it contains ten requests to God in Psalms 144:5-7, divided precisely as the attributes. You know that a shadow is nothing; it is rather the absence of something than anything in itself. According to this Latin reading of the Hebrew Psalter, the psalm, from verse 12 on, focuses on Israel (not on the enemies). “The prayer ends at the source of the harmony it has visualized. The first portion contains, in Psalms 144:1-2, ten attributes of God, —three and seven, the seven divided into four and three. - Blessed be the LORD, my Rock and my great strength, Who trains my hands for war And my fingers for battle; My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my rescuer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. No doubt written after some great victory, and also before another severe struggle. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Among the blessings to be enjoyed by the Israelites, provided they observed God’s law, are the very ones that are mentioned in Psalm 144. When they looked to Yahweh as their only God and Master, rejecting all the idols of the nations, the promised blessings were granted – and God’s people were happy. Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. Rid me, O God, from such men; for, of all enemies, those that can lie are the worst, for you never know where you are with such people. Confidently imploring God's interposition against his enemies, he breaks forth into praise and joyful anticipations of the prosperity of his kingdom, when freed from vain and wicked men. What was true for David and Israel under the Old Covenant is even truer for the believer in Jesus under the New Covenant. Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Commentary on Psalm 144:9-15 (Read Psalm 144:9-15) Fresh favours call for fresh returns of thanks; we must praise God for the mercies we hope for by his promise, as well as those we have received by his providence. a. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. c. Happy are the people who are in such a state: David prayed as a wise and caring king, asking God for blessing upon his people in their common, everyday lives. The Christian man seldom escapes from one difficulty without falling into another. Leviticus 26:1-13; Deuteronomy 28:1-14; Psalm 132:13-18).” (VanGemeren), ii. 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