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Psalm 144

Psa 144:1

SUPERSCRIPTION: "OF DAVID". V 3 quotes Psa 8:4, about Goliath. (Psa 144 title in LXX: "Concerning Goliath".) First part re David, and last part re Hezekiah?

WHO TRAINS MY HANDS FOR WAR...: Psa 18:34.

Psa 144:2

// Psa 18: Strength (rock).. .goodness... fortress... .high tower... deliverer... shield... protector.

Psa 144:3

WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM, THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU THINK OF HIM?: The context of these words in Psa 8 is that of David's single-handed victory, "crowned with glory and honour" (cp Psa 144 title in LXX: "concerning Goliath"). God then taught his hands to war and his fingers to fight. Reminiscence of that wonderful occasion is David's way of expressing hope that once again, in similar fashion, God will answer his faith and come to his aid. And God did!

Psa 144:4

A BREATH: "Vanity" (AV); Heb "hebel" = a vapor, a breath, a puff of wind (Psa 39:4,5,11).

A FLEETING SHADOW: Psa 102:11; 109:23. (HEZEKIAH) Hezekiah's life, like a "shadow", was passing away (Isa 38:1,8,18-20).

Psa 144:5

PART... COME DOWN: Cp Isa 64:1,2. The mighty Theophany of Exo 24. The destruction of Sennacherib's army (Isa 37:36; 30:30-33).

Psa 144:7

Vv 7,8: "Sons of strangers" (v 11) = Goliath! David's prayer before going into battle? Also an Isaiah phrase: Isa 56:3,6; 60:10; 62:8.

RESCUE ME FROM THE MIGHTY WATERS: Isaiah re Assyrian invasion (Isa 8:7,8).

Psa 144:8

RIGHT HANDS: The hand raised to swear a covenant-oath (Gen 14:22; Exo 6:8; Deu 32:40; Psa 106:26; Isa 62:8). Assyrian treaty-breaking (cp Isa 21:2; 24:16; 33:1).

In the right hand of the wicked there is deceit, but in the right hand of the Almighty there is eternal pleasure (Psa 16:11).

(NT) Hypocritical Pharisees, who feigned friendship with Christ (Mat 22:15-18).

Psa 144:9

A NEW SONG: Psa 33:3; 40:3; 96:1; 98:1; 149:1; Isa 42:10; 38:20.

THE TEN-STRINGED LYRE: Cp the 10 "Halleluyahs" in last 5 psalms.

Psa 144:10

THE DEADLY SWORD: The sword of Goliath (1Sa 17:45,50).

(NT) Christ delivered from the "swords and staves" of Luk 22:52.

Psa 144:11

FOREIGNERS: Repetition of vv 7,8.

WHOSE RIGHT HANDS ARE DECEITFUL: Cp v 8n.

Psa 144:12

WELL-NURTURED PLANTS: Psa 127:3-5; 128:3. The rich blessings of the Jubilee year, after Sennacherib's defeat (Isa 37:30,31).

Psa 144:13

Vv 13,14: More blessings in the Year of Jubilee (Lev 25:20,21).
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