Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 144:10
Kings are not preserved by their own power or prudence, but by God's special providence, which for the public good of the world watcheth over them.
Kings are not preserved by their own power or prudence, but by God's special providence, which for the public good of the world watcheth over them.
Verse Psalms 144:10. HE _THAT GIVETH SALVATION UNTO KINGS_] _Monarchy_, in the principle, is from God: it is that _form of government_ which, in the course of the Divine providence, has principally p...
IT IS HE THAT GIVETH SALVATION UNTO KINGS - Margin, “Victory.” The Hebrew word means “salvation,” but it is used here in the sense of deliverance or rescue. Even “kings,” with all their armies, have n...
PSALM 143-145 In Psalms 143:1 the enemy is mentioned again, the enemy who pursued David. “For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in da...
CXLIV. Ascribed by LXX and also by T. to David against Goliath, but without any shadow of reason. Psalms 144:1 is really a mosaic chiefly taken from Psalms 18, but also from Psalms 8, 33, 104. It is a...
DELIVERETH. snatcheth; same word as "rid", verses: Psalms 7:11. DAVID... SWORD; with special reference to Goliath _'_. sword in 1 Samuel 17:50; 1 Samuel 17:51....
Cp. Psalms 18:50. _Who giveth salvation_(or _victory) unto kings_may be meant as a general truth not to be limited to Israel only (cp. Psalms 33:16), and _David his servant_may denote the typical rule...
A promise to give thanks for the victory which he is confident will be granted, and a repetition of his prayer for deliverance....
PSALMS 144 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE From David's Psalms are Selected Strains, by one of his Sons, Emboldening him to Plead for Deliverance from Foreigners. An Appendix anticipates Happy Times. ANALYSIS St...
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. IT IS HE THAT GIVETH SALVATION UNTO KINGS: WHO DELIVERETH (THE SAME HEBREW AS IN IS TRANSLATED "R...
144:10 salvation (c-3) Or 'victory.'...
This Ps. consists mainly of thoughts and quotations from earlier Pss., e.g. 8 and 18. Psalms 144:12 are, however, quite unlike anything else in the Psalter, and some suppose them to be a quotation fro...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ WE *BLESS GOD AND GOD *BLESSES US! PSALMS 144 Jesus said, "(God will) *bless people that are good. They will see God" ...
DAVID HIS SERVANT. — See Psalms 18:50....
הַ נֹּותֵ֥ן תְּשׁוּעָ֗ה לַ † מְּלָ֫כִ֥ים הַ֭...
Psalms 144:1 THE force of compilation could no further go than in this psalm, which is, in the first eleven verses (Psalms 144:1)simply a _ rechauffe_ of known psalms, and in Psalms 144:12 is most pro...
GOD'S PEOPLE ARE HAPPY Psalms 144:1-15 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 t...
This is a song of triumphant assurance. Its placing at this point in the book suggests the invincible experience of trusting souls. In order to appreciate all its value, the nine psalms immediately pr...
[It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his (i) servant from the hurtful sword. (i) Though wicked kings are called God's servants, as was Cyrus in (Isaiah 45:1), for he uses...
_Works. They shew his power, and excite us to praise him. (St. Jerome)_...
The New Testament song is the same as that sung by Old Testament saints, namely, salvation. See sweet stanzas of it, Psalms 40:3; Revelation 5:9....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144. The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and not...
[IT IS HE] THAT GIVETH SALVATION TO KINGS,.... Which is the reason of singing the new song to the Lord, or this is the matter of it. The Lord is the Preserver of men and beasts, the Saviour of all men...
Psalms 144:10 [It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. Ver. 10. It is he that giveth salvation (or victory) unto kings] Ferdinand, king of...
_I will sing a new song unto thee_ When thou hast granted this my request, Psalms 144:7, which I know assuredly thou wilt do. _He giveth salvation to kings_ Who are not preserved by their own power or...
It is He that giveth salvation unto kings, granting them deliverance from great dangers; WHO DELIVERETH DAVID, HIS SERVANT, FROM THE HURTFUL SWORD, that which had caused him evil and misfortune....
THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE. A psalm of David, in which he praises God for help experienced in the past and confidently implores His assistance against the enemies of the nation, as well...
SALVATION: Or, victory...
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. To be saved from the hurtful s...
Psalms 144:10 gives H5414 (H8802) salvation H8668 kings H4428 delivers H6475 (H8802) David H1732 servant H5650 d
A Psalm of David. No doubt written after some great victory, and also before another severe struggle. The Christian man seldom escapes from one difficulty without falling into another. Thanks be unto...
CONTENTS: Acknowledgment of the great goodness of God and prayer for the prosperity of the kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Happy is the people whose God is the Lord, for even when they...
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...
_It is He that giveth salvation unto kings._ THE CARE OF PROVIDENCE IN DEFENCE OF KINGS God in the government of the world exercises a peculiar and extraordinary providence over the persons and live...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 144:1. This royal psalm asks God to give victory to the reigning heir of David. The “I” in vv. Psalms 144:1 is the Davidic king. God’s p
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 144:9 Once God has given the deliverance of vv. Psalms 144:5, the king will lead the people in public thanks....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 144:10 VICTORY can also be translated “salvation.” The requested victory furthers God’s purpose for his people. ⇐...
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...
EXPOSITION A PSALM in which praise and prayer are commingled. Almost certainly Davidic: 1. From the title. 2. From the style. 3. From the way in which David is mentioned in Psalms 144:10 (comp. Psa...
Blessed 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....
1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Samuel 17:46; 2 Kings 5:1; 2 Samuel 21:16;...