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Verse Psalms 144:14. _OUR OXEN_ MAY BE _STRONG TO LABOUR_] We have not
only an abundance of cattle; but they are of the most strong and
vigorous breed.
_NO BREAKING IN_] So well ordered is the _polic...
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THAT OUR OXEN MAY BE STRONG TO LABOUR - Margin, “able to bear
burdens;” or, “laden with flesh.” The Hebrew is simply loaded or
laden: that is, with a burden; or, with flesh; or, as Gesenius renders
it...
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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 d...
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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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STRONG TO LABOUR. well laden.
NO BREAKING IN. no invasion.
NOR GOING OUT. no captivity....
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A description of the prosperity of Israel under the protection and
blessing of Jehovah. Cp. generally Deuteronomy 28:2 ff; Deuteronomy
30:9.
The absolute dependence of the earlier verses upon existin...
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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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That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in,
nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
THAT OUR OXEN MAY BE STRONG TO LABOUR - literally, 'strong to bear
b...
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144:14 young]; (e-5) Or 'oxen well laden.'...
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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" (MATTHEW 5:8).
PSALMS 144
(This is) a psa...
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This verse is full of obscurities. The words rendered “oxen, strong
to labour,” can hardly bear this meaning with the present pointing,
since the participle is passive, and there is no authority for
r...
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אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ מְֽסֻבָּ֫לִ֥ים אֵֽין
־פֶּ֭רֶץ וְ אֵ֣ין יֹוצֵ֑את וְ אֵ֥ין
צְ֝וָחָ֗ה בִּ רְחֹבֹתֵֽינוּ׃...
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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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[That] our (m) oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no
breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our
streets.
(m) He attributes not only the great conveniences, but eve...
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_Lifteth. Hebrew, "upholdeth all who are falling." (Haydock) --- No
one can stand or rise without God. (Berthier) --- He is ready to lift
up every one. (Worthington)_...
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These are the blessed consequences of the reign of Jesus. His birth
shall be as the dew-drops of the morning; and the Lord will give his
people a name, in his house, better than of sons and daughters,...
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14._Our oxen_, _etc_. The Hebrew word סבל, _sabal_, is properly to
carry. Accordingly some understand מסובלים, _mesubbalim_, to
mean robust, (274) as unless they were strong oxen they would not be
fit...
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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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[THAT] OUR OXEN [MAY BE] STRONG TO LABOUR,.... To draw carriages, to
plough with, and to tread out the corn: or "may be burdened" w; fit to
carry burdens; or burdened with flesh, be plump and fat, and...
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Psalms 144:14 _[That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there
be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in
our streets._
Ver. 14. _Nor going out_] viz. To encounte...
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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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STRONG TO LABOUR:
_ Heb._ able to bear burdens, or loaden with flesh...
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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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TO LABOUR, Heb. _laden_, either with flesh and fat, as many understand
it; or, as others, with young: but then the foregoing word is not to
be rendered OXEN, but _cows_, as the same word and in the sa...
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Psalms 144:14 oxen H441 well-laden H5445 (H8794) breaking H6556 out
H3318 (H8802) outcry H6682 streets H7339
strong to labour - Heb. able to bear burdens, or loaden with flesh
no breaking in - Deuter...
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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 promise to David’s house has tied the...
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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.
Ps...
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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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1 Samuel 13:17; 1 Samuel 31:7; Deuteronomy 28:25; Deuteronomy 28:7;
Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 14:18; Judges 5:8; Judges 6:3; Judges 6:6;...
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Breaking in — Of enemies invading the land, or assaulting our
cities, and making breaches in their walls. Going out — Of our
people, either out of the cities to fight with an invading enemy: or
out of...