Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Psalms 144:9
Upon a psaltery, and an instrument of ten strings— Upon the ten-stringed psaltery. There is nothing for the particle and in the Hebrew.
Upon a psaltery, and an instrument of ten strings— Upon the ten-stringed psaltery. There is nothing for the particle and in the Hebrew.
Verse Psalms 144:9. _I WILL SING A NEW SONG_] A song of peculiar excellence. I will pour forth all my gratitude, and all my _skill_, on its composition. See on Psalms 33:2; Psalms 33:3....
I WILL SING A NEW SONG UNTO THEE, O GOD - There will be occasion in such a deliverance, or manifestation of mercy, for a new expression of praise. On the phrase, “a new song,” see the notes at Psalms...
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...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
From Psalms 33:2-3. _O God_ An imitation of the usage of the Elohistic Psalms of Books II and III. Nowhere else in Books IV, V is _Elohim_(God) used absolutely for Jehovah, except in Psalms 108, whic...
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...
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. I WILL SING A NEW SONG UNTO THEE, O GOD: UPON A PSALTERY AND AN INSTRUMENT O...
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...
See Psalms 33:2....
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" ...
See Psalms 33:2. O GOD. — The only instance of _Elohim_ in the last two books of the psalter with the exception of Psalms 108, which is a compilation from two older songs....
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים שִׁ֣יר חָ֭דָשׁ אָשִׁ֣ירָה לָּ֑ךְ בְּ...
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...
I will sing a (h) new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. (h) That is, a rare and excellent song, as your great benefits deserve....
_Works. The people of Israel (ver. 10., and Psalm lxxxix. 18.; Ferrand) and all mankind, who are all invited to embrace the true faith, and the mercy of God. (Calmet) --- The effects of mercy shine fo...
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....
9._O God! I will sing a new song to thee_. He again sets himself, with self-possession, to the exercise of praising God, not doubting but he would continue those mercies which he had once bestowed. I...
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...
I WILL SING A NEW SONG UNTO THEE, O GOD,.... The author of his being, the Father of mercies, temporal and spiritual, and therefore to him praise is always due; a new song of praise is to be sung for n...
_I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee._ Ver. 9. _I will sing a new song_] Upon the receipt of any new mercy, like...
_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...
I will sing a new song unto Thee, one composed for this special occasion, O GOD; UPON A PSALTERY, a sort of harp or lute, AND AN INSTRUMENT OF TEN STRINGS, a lyre then in common use, WILL I SING PRAIS...
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...
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...
When thou hast granted this request of mine, PSALMS 144:7,8, which I know assuredly thou wilt do....
Psalms 144:9 sing H7891 (H8799) new H2319 song H7892 God H430 harp H5035 strings H6218 praises H2167 ...
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...
_Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight._ THE LORD TEACHING US TO FIGHT I do not know what that “Book of the Wars of the Lord” was which is referred...
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....
1 Chronicles 25:1; Psalms 149:1; Psalms 33:2; Psalms 33:3; Psalms 40: