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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 144:3,4

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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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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-...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A variation of Psalms 8:4. Cp. 2 Samuel 7:18....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    From the enthusiastic contemplation of Jehovah's goodness the Psalmist turns to reflect upon the character of the object of it. Man's insignificance and transitoriness enhance the marvel of God's grac...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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" ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    See Psalms 8:4....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְֽהוָ֗ה מָה ־אָ֭דָם וַ תֵּדָעֵ֑הוּ בֶּן ־אֱ֝

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _End. Hebrew, "finding out," because he is infinite. (Berthier) (Job v. 9.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 144:3 LORD H3068 man H120 knowledge H3045 (H8799) son H1121 man H582 mindful H2803 (H8762) what

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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....

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 2:6; Job 15:14; Job 7:17; Psalms 8:4; Psalms 146:3;...

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