Psalms 144:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Blessed be the LORD my strength,a which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: ”

• Psalms 144:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Blessed be the Lord my strength - Margin, as in Hebrew, “my rock.” See the notes at Psalms 18:46 , where the same expression occurs in the Hebrew. Which teacheth my hands to war - Hebrew, “T...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  "[A Psalm] of David." Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which (a) teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight: (a) Who out of a poor shepherd has made a valiant warrior and mighty conqueror...

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• Psalms 144:1 - 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 144:1-11 is really a mosaic chiefly taken from Psalms 18, but also from Psalms 8, 33, 1...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Title, of David . by David. The Septuagint adds "concerning Goliath." This may be because Psalms 8 , which relates to David and Goliath, has the same words in Psalms 8:4 as in Psalms 144:3 . In...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Blessed be Jehovah, my strength (257) It is very evident that David, since he celebrates the favor of God in such high terms, had not only obtained the kingdom, but gained signal victori...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: Teacheth my hands to war - To use sword, battle-axe, or spear. And my fingers to fig...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  David blesseth God for his mercy: he prayeth that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies: he promiseth to praise God: he prayeth for the happy estate of the kingdom. A Psalm of David....

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• Psalms 144:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: Psalms 144:1-15 .-Blessed be Yahweh, my strength, in subduing my enemies ( Psalms 144:1-2 ). How marv...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This Ps. consists mainly of thoughts and quotations from earlier Pss., e.g. 8 and 18. Psalms 144:12-15 are, however, quite unlike anything else in the Psalter, and some suppose them to be a quotati...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Strength. — Rather, rock. Comp. Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 18:46 . LXX. and Vulg., “my God.” Which teacheth. — See Psalms 18:34 . More literally, “Who traineth my hands for war, My fingers for f...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 144:1-15 THE force of compilation could no further go than in this psalm, which is, in the first eleven verses ( Psalms 144:1-11 )simply a rechauffe of known psalms, and in Psalms 144:1...

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• Psalms 144:1 - 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...

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• Psalms 144:1 - 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 p...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS This Psalm hath much in it concerning Christ. If we read it wholly with reference to him and his church, we shall find it to be a very delightful hymn, suited to the times of the gospel. A...

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• Psalms 144:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  ‘IF GOD BE FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME?’ ‘Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.’ Psalms 144:1 I am far from thinking that this sentence ap...

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• Psalms 144:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Blessed [be] the Lord my strength ,.... The author and giver of his natural strength of body, and of the fortitude of his mind, and of all the spiritual strength he had, to exercise grace, to bear u...

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• Psalms 144:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Psalms 144:1 «[A Psalm] of David. » Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight: A Psalm of David ] The Greek addeth, against Goliath; and the Ch...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Blessed be the Lord my strength On whom I rely, and from whom I have power to withstand and subdue my enemies, and to perform the duties of my place and station; who teacheth my hands to war , &am...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Grateful Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness; Prayer for Success against Enemies. A psalm of David.       1 Blessed b...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  PSALM 144 THE ARGUMENT The matter of this Psalm is partly gratulatory for mercies received, and partly petitionary for further blessings. It seems to have been composed after Saul's death, and in t...

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• Psalms 144:1 - 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;...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 144:1 I am far from thinking that this sentence applies exclusively to what we designate spiritual conflicts. I should suppose that David, or whoever the writer of the Psalm was, gave thank...

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• Psalms 144:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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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• Psalms 144:1 - 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 futur...

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• Psalms 144:1 - 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 refer...

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• Psalms 144:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 144:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Blessed be the Lord, my Strength, his Rock or Refuge, with whom he is safe, which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight, giving the king instruction and assistance in waging a just war;

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• Psalms 144:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 10:4 ; 2 Samuel 22:35 ; Deuteronomy 32:30 ; Deuteronomy 32:31 ; Ephesians 6:10 ; Ephesians 6:11 ; Isaiah 26:4 ; Isaiah 45:24 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 18:31 ; Psal...

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