Psalm 144:3 NASB,NASB

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 144:1-15

CXLIV. Ascribed by LXX and also by T. “ to David against Goliath,” but without any shadow of reason. Psalms 144:1-1 Kings : is really a mosaic chiefly taken from Psalms 18, but also from Psalms 8, 33, 104. It is a song of anticipated triumph. The Psalmist is in conflict with foreign enemies (“ strangers” ( Psalms 144:7) can only mean foreigners). God teaches his fingers to fight, for it is the fingers which grasp the bow and subdue “ peoples” (not “ my people” ) under him. He prays that a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 144:3

Lord, what is man he aggravates God’s goodness to him, expressed Psalms 144:2, by the consideration of his own meanness. Though I am king over my people, yet, alas, I am but a man. a base, sinful, mortal, and miserable creature; if compared with thee, less than nothing and vanity. Takest knowledge of him, i.e. hast any care and kindness for him, as words of knowledge commonly imply in Scripture. Makest account of him; the same thing repeated in other words. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 144:1-15

INTRODUCTION“This is a singularly composite Psalm. The earlier portion of it, to the end of Psalms 144:11, consists almost entirely of a cento of quotations, strung together from earlier Psalms; and it is not always easy to trace a real connection between them. The latter portion of the Psalm, Psalms 144:12-15, differs completely from the former. It bears the stamp of originality, and is entirely free from the quotations and allusions with which the preceding verses abound. It is hardly... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 144:1-15

Chapter 144Blessed be the LORD my strength, which ( Psalms 144:1 )Now this is a psalm of David, and of course, some people get upset with this psalm because David thanks God for making him such a tough fighter.Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: my goodness, my fortress; my high tower, my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me. LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 144:1-15

This, and the six following psalms, are all eucharistical, and seem to have been composed when David’s sorrows were changed to joys. He here praises God for past mercies, and asks grace for the future, with confidence that prosperity would crown the industry of a happy people with smiling affluence. Psalms 144:3 . What is man, frail man. See the note on Psalms 8:4. Psalms 144:9 . Upon a psaltery, a little portable harp of sweet sound, generally used in psalmody. Psalms 144:12 . Our... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 144:1-9

Psalms 144:1-9Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. The Lord teaching us to fightI do not know what that “Book of the Wars of the Lord” was which is referred to once or twice in the Old Testament; but I apprehend the Book of Psalms was such a Book to the Israelites, and that it has been such a book to Christendom. We may call it a collection of prayers, hymns, thanksgivings,--what we please,--but a record of fights it assuredly is. And this... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 144:3-4

Psalms 144:3-4Lord, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him! The vanity of man; and Christianity its antidoteWe must take care, in denouncing human depravity, and declaiming on human misery, not to decry human nature; for that would be a procedure of a plainly immoral and irreligious tendency, instead of being praiseworthy; and it would involve untruth.The temple is in ruins, and “the Great Inhabitant is gone.” But still we meet, here with a broken shaft, and there with a mutilated... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 144:3

Psa 144:3 LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him! Ver. 3. Lord, what is man? ] What am I, that thou shouldest do all this for me? or, what is the strongest man alive, when such a giant as Goliath so suddenly and easily is slain by me? That thou makest account of him? ] Tantus tantillos et tales, saith a Father. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 144:3

what is man: Psalms 8:4, Job 7:17, Job 15:14, Hebrews 2:6 or the son: Psalms 146:3, Psalms 146:4 Reciprocal: Genesis 18:27 - dust 1 Chronicles 16:25 - great 1 Chronicles 17:16 - Who am I Job 14:3 - And dost Isaiah 2:22 - for wherein read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 144:3-4

3, 4. Man is like to vanity The wickedness and weakness of man are in several psalms set forth in this beautiful and impressive language. read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 144:1-15

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 144:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 144:1-15

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 144:1-15

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 144:1-15

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 144:1-9

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 144:3-4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 144:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 144:3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 144:3-4

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