Psalm 144:4

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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 144:4

Psalms 144:4His days are as a shadow. Human life a shadowI. A shadow is compounded of light and darkness; for when no object intercepts the light of the sun, or when the light of the sun is withdrawn, no shadow is produced. In like manner, the state of man in the present world is made up of joy and sorrow; while, as in the emblem, the latter greatly preponderates.II. A shadow seems to be something, when in reality it is nothing. If you grasp it, you prove its emptiness. The pleasures, riches,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 144:4

Psa 144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away. Ver. 4. Man is like to vanity ] See Psalms 39:6 ; Psalms 62:9 . Adam Abelo compar est, Adam is Abel’s mate. His days are as a shadow ] Which is a mere privation, and hath no subsistence at all. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 144:4

Man: Psalms 39:5, Psalms 39:6, Psalms 62:9, Psalms 89:47, Job 4:19, Job 14:1-Leviticus :, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 12:8 his days: Psalms 102:11, Psalms 103:15, Psalms 103:16, Psalms 109:23, 2 Samuel 14:14, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Job 8:9, Ecclesiastes 8:13 Reciprocal: Job 7:6 - swifter Job 7:16 - my days Job 14:2 - fleeth Ecclesiastes 6:12 - the days of his vain life Ecclesiastes 9:9 - all the days of the life Song of Solomon 6:4 - terrible 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

Group of Brands