Rid me, and deliver me— This is a kind of da capo, a repetition of that sentence upon which the psalm turns. These are probably the very words of the cry hinted at in Psalms 118:5 which gave occasion to the following verses in that psalm, and the two first in this. Mudge.
RID ME, AND DELIVER ME ... - See the notes at Psalms 144:7. The language is here repeated. The prayer had been interrupted by the thought that the answer to it would lay the foundation for praise, and...
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...
A promise to give thanks for the victory which he is confident will be granted, and a repetition of his prayer for deliverance....
The repetition of the prayer of Psalms 144:7 follows naturally upon the mention of Jehovah's attributes in Psalms 144:10....
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...
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: RID ME, AND DELIVER ME FROM THE HAND OF STRANGE CHILDREN,...
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" ...
פְּצֵ֥נִי וְ הַצִּילֵנִי֮ מִ יַּ֪ד בְּֽנֵי ־נ
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...
Two mighty blessings are included in this short verse; one, to see the overthrow of Zion's enemies; the other, to see the prosperity of Zion's friends....
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...
RID ME, AND DELIVER ME FROM THE HAND OF STRANGE CHILDREN,.... This is repeated from Psalms 144:7; and is done to show the vehemency and importunity of the request, and the danger David was in, and his...
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: Ver. 11. _Rid me, and deliver me_] He repeateth his former...
_Rid me, and deliver me_, &c. “Prayer is again made for a continuance of God's favour, and a complete victory over every enemy; the happy consequences of which, in the establishment of Israel and the...
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...
Rid me, snatching him away from the danger, AND DELIVER ME FROM THE HAND OF STRANGE CHILDREN, WHOSE MOUTH SPEAKETH VANITY, AND THEIR RIGHT HAND IS A RIGHT HAND OF FALSEHOOD, this repetition of the app...
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...
And upon these accounts grant me the mercy which I desired before, and now again do repeat....
Psalms 144:11 Rescue H6475 (H8798) deliver H5337 (H8685) hand H3027 foreigners H5236 H1121 mouth H6310 speaks...
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...
_Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children._ A WISE, PATRIOTIC PRAYER I. The cultivation of moral worth amongst young people is of vast importance to a state. The moral character whic...
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....
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....
2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 17:1; Psalms 144:7;...