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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...
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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...
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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...
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A promise to give thanks for the victory which he is confident will be
granted, and a repetition of his prayer for deliverance....
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The repetition of the prayer of Psalms 144:7 follows naturally upon
the mention of Jehovah's attributes in Psalms 144:10....
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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 occasio...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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" ...
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פְּצֵ֥נִי וְ הַצִּילֵנִי֮ מִ יַּ֪ד
בְּֽנֵי ־נ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And upon these accounts grant me the mercy which I desired before, and
now again do repeat....
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Psalms 144:11 Rescue H6475 (H8798) deliver H5337 (H8685) hand H3027
foreigners H5236 H1121 mouth H6310 speaks...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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....
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2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 17:1; Psalms 144:7;...