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Verse Psalms 144:3. _LORD, WHAT_ IS _MAN_] Psalms 8:4; _"_Psalms
8:5_"_. _What is Adam, that thou approvest of him_? Can he do any
thing worthy of thy notice? Or the son of feeble perishing man, that...
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LORD, WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU TAKEST KNOWLEDGE OF HIM? - The sentiment
here is the same as in Psalms 8:4, though the language is not
precisely the same. See the notes at that passage. The word rendered...
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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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WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Compare Psalms 8:4.
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.
GREEK. This word is read in some codices, with one early printed
edition.
MAN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-...
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LORD, WHAT IT MAN, &C.?— This is spoken in rapture; reflecting on
the regard that God had shewn to his petition, which, in his usual
way, he repeats in the very words in the four next verses....
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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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LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of
man, that thou makest account of him!
LORD, WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU TAKEST KNOWLEDGE (I:E., NOTICE) OF HIM!
OR THE SON OF MAN, (HE...
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144:3 man, (k-4) _ Adam_ as Genesis 1:26 . man, (l-14) _ Enosh_ .
Note here, first ' _ Adam_ ,' then 'son of _ Enosh_ ,' i.e. just the
converse of Psalms 8:4 . Here it is sinful man's fragility and
i...
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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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See Psalms 8:4....
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יְֽהוָ֗ה מָה ־אָ֭דָם וַ תֵּדָעֵ֑הוּ
בֶּן ־אֱ֝
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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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LORD, what [is] man, that thou (c) takest knowledge of him! [or] the
son of man, that thou makest account of him!
(c) To give to God just praise, is to confess ourselves to be unworthy
of so excellen...
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_End. Hebrew, "finding out," because he is infinite. (Berthier) (Job
v. 9.)_...
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These verses are as a clue enabling us to apply the whole to Christ.
In proof, read Psalms 8:4, explained by Hebrews 2:6, to the end. To
add any other comment would be to hold a lighted taper before t...
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3._O Jehovah! what is man_, _etc_. He amplifies the goodness shown by
God by instituting a comparison. Having declared how singularly he had
been dealt with, he turns his eyes inward, and asks, “Who a...
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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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LORD, WHAT [IS] MAN, THAT THOU TAKEST KNOWLEDGE OF HIM?.... Man, that
is at most and best but a creature, made of the dust of the earth, is
but dust and ashes; yea, a sinful creature, that drinks up i...
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LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son
of man, that thou makest account of him!
Ver. 3. _Lord, what is man?_] What am I, that thou shouldest do all
this for me? or, what...
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_Lord, what is man_ He magnifies and illustrates God's goodness to
him, by the consideration of his own meanness. Though I am a king over
my people, yet, alas, I am but a man, a base, sinful; and mort...
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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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Lord, what is man that Thou takest knowledge of him, by conferring
such wonderful favors, OR THE SON OF MAN, an ordinary, frail human
being, THAT THOU MAKEST ACCOUNT OF HIM! The very fact that God pay...
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1-8 When men become eminent for things as to which they have had few
advantages, they should be more deeply sensible that God has been
their Teacher. Happy those to whom the Lord gives that noblest
v...
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LORD, WHAT IS MAN he aggravates God's goodness to him, expressed
PSALMS 144:2, by the consideration of his own meanness. Though I am
king over my people, yet, alas, I am but a man. a base, sinful,
mor...
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Psalms 144:3 LORD H3068 man H120 knowledge H3045 (H8799) son H1121 man
H582 mindful H2803 (H8762)
what
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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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_Lord, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him! _
THE VANITY OF MAN; AND CHRISTIANITY ITS ANTIDOTE
We must take care, in denouncing human depravity, and declaiming on
human misery, not to dec...
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_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...
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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 144:3 The king does not take God’s help for
granted. He knows that if God should REGARD HIM, it is a kindness on
God’s part. The king and the people he serves are LIKE A BREATH;
t...
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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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Hebrews 2:6; Job 15:14; Job 7:17; Psalms 8:4; Psalms 146:3;...