Psalm 144 Commentary
He Preserves And Prospers His People
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KEY THOUGHT: Blessed be the Lord my Rock,
Who trains my hands for war [Psalm 144:1a NKJV]
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Psalm 144 NKJV
A Song to the Lord Who Preserves and Prospers His People
A Psalm of David.
144 Blessed be the Lord my Rock,
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle—
2 My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my deliverer,
My shield and the One in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues [a]my people under me.
3 Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
4 Man is like a breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.
5 Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
7 Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
8 Whose mouth speaks [b]lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
10 The One who gives [c]salvation to kings,
Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.
11 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as [d]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
13 That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
14 That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no [e]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
15 Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!
Footnotes
a. Psalm 144:2 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Syr., Tg. the peoples (cf. 18:47)
b. Psalm 144:8 empty or worthless
c. Psalm 144:10 deliverance
d. Psalm 144:12 corner pillars
e. Psalm 144:14 Lit. breach
New King James Version (NKJV)
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Psalm 144 Commentary
The wealth of the scripture is such that a man doesn’t have to tire himself digging deeper to find treasure! At the same time, there is still a lot more meat in the details.
This psalm offers a lot more beneath the lines than we care to know. We shall check a couple of them.
The Christian walk is presented as a battlefield. The LORD trains and equips the saint for war. In His role as the Commander of the Armies of the LORD, Joshua 5:13-15, the LORD owns the battle.
The LORD is responsible for victory as well as failure. He is responsible for strategy as well as execution. The saint is a well-equipped foot soldier. You can choose your uniform and role, but the LORD is the brains behind it all.
At the same time, the Christian walk is presented as the most secure form of existence under the watchful eye of the LORD. The LORD is the saint’s stronghold. The saint lives in the green zone – the demilitarized zone.
The picture given of the saint is that of a weak man who seeks refuge in the LORD God. The saint’s role here is non-military. He simply takes shelter under the shadow of the Almighty God.
Either way, David wonders why the LORD bothers with us at all. “What are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?”
Then David takes off his military uniform. The weapons of war are decommissioned. He prays that the LORD saves him. David’s role is reduced to celebrating the LORD’s victory with songs of praise.
It is a new song! The song is new because the lyrics are new. The experiences are new. The saint cannot have the same song because the LORD is doing new things daily.
When the LORD has saved, sons and daughters of men flourish. The scripture looks at the blessing of increase. There is value. Prosperity ensues. The crop doesn’t fail. Commerce and industry increase.
There is no more scattering. The saint is blessed and not cursed. The psalmist is looking at the restoration of the original blessing of the LORD as recorded in Genesis 1:28. Thus, this psalm anticipates a restored existence, as it was back in the Garden of peace and tranquility.
Yet the psalmist is aware of the brevity of life; our days are like a fleeting shadow. You feel there is more to life than just the brief days of battle and running.
And in the question, “What are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them,” you get the feeling that there is more to it.
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