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Verse Psalms 144:5. _BOW THY HEAVENS_] Psalms 18:9....
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BOW THY HEAVENS, O LORD ... - Come to my aid “as if” the heavens
were bent down; come down with all thy majesty and glory. See the
notes at Psalms 18:9 : “He bowed down the heavens also, and came
down...
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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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The descriptions of Psalms 18:9; Psalms 104:32 are turned into prayer....
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Prayer that God will appear in His majesty and deliver the Psalmist
from his treacherous enemies....
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BOW THY HEAVENS— See 2 Samuel 8 and 2 Samuel 22:10. The images here
are taken from the promulgation of the law on mount Sinai....
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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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Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they
shall smoke.
BOW THY HEAVENS, O LORD, AND COME DOWN - from : cf. ; borrowed from
the same source. What Yahweh has shown Himself...
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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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COME DOWN. — The theophany for which the psalmist prays is described
in the classic language for such manifestations taken from Psalms
18:9; Psalms 18:13; Psalms 18:16;...
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יְ֭הוָה הַט ־שָׁמֶ֣יךָ וְ תֵרֵ֑ד
גַּ֖ע בֶּ
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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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(d) Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and
they shall smoke.
(d) He desires God to continue his graces, and to send help for the
present need....
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_And shall. Hebrew, "and I shall relate the words of thy wonders,"
(St. Jerome) or "shall meditate on," &c. (Pagnin) (Haydock) --- Yet
our version is more followed. (Calmet)_...
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In every sense this prayer is striking, and beautiful in whatever
sense it be considered; whether as the prayer of the church for the
Lord to come down in the power of the Spirit, to bruise Satan, and...
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5._O Jehovah! bow thy heavens_. After extolling, as was due, the great
goodness of God, he requests him to furnish such help for the
preservation of the kingdom as was necessary in the present exigenc...
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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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BOW THY HEAVENS, O LORD, AND COME DOWN,.... The heavens, which the
Lord has made, and where he dwells; and which are under his influence,
and he can cause to incline or bow at his pleasure: and which...
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Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they
shall smoke.
Ver. 5. _Bow thy heavens, O Lord_] Come to my help suddenly and
seasonably, as it were out of an engine, εκ της μηχα...
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Psa. 144:5. "Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down." This was never
so remarkably fulfilled as in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, when
heaven and earth were as it were brought together. Heaven itsel...
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_Bow thy heavens and come down_ To help me before it be too late,
remembering what a frail and perishing creature I am. “David having
celebrated his victories over some of his enemies, and extolled th...
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Bow Thy heavens, O Lord, bringing them nearer, as it were, for speedy
help, AND COME DOWN, manifesting His almighty power; TOUCH THE
MOUNTAINS, with the hand of His majesty extended from the heights o...
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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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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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COME DOWN, to help me, before it be too late, remembering what a frail
and perishing creature I am. AND THEY SHALL SMOKE; or, that they may
smoke; or, and let them smoke, as Sinai did at thy glorious...
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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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_Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke._
THE KINDLING OF THE HEART
It must be striking indeed to any one living in the neighbourhood of a
chain of volcanoes to see those mountains which have long...
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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 144:5 The psalm moves on to request: RESCUE ME
AND DELIVER ME... FROM THE HAND OF FOREIGNERS. This suggests that the
psalm is especially suited to a time when the king must lead 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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Exodus 19:18; Habakkuk 3:3; Hebrews 12:18; Isaiah 64:1; Isaiah 64:2;...
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Come — To help me. Smoke — As Sinai did at thy glorious
appearance, Exodus 19:18. This is a figurative and poetical
description of God's coming to take vengeance upon his enemies....