Psalms 144:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 144:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 rende...
Psalms 144:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[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 ev...
Psalms 144:14 - 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...
Psalms 144:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

strong to labour . well laden. no breaking in . no invasion. nor going out . no captivity.
Psalms 144:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 144:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Our oxen may be strong to labor - We have not only an abundanc...
Psalms 144:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 144:14 - 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...
Psalms 144:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 144:14 - 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...
Psalms 144:14 - 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...
Psalms 144:14 - 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...
Psalms 144:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 144:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[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,...
Psalms 144:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 enco...
Psalms 144:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 144:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Thanksgiving and Petitions; National Happiness Desired. 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and...
Psalms 144:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 t...
Psalms 144:14 - 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;...
Psalms 144:14 - 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...
Psalms 144:14 - 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...
Psalms 144:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 w...
Psalms 144:14 - 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...
Psalms 144:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 we...
Psalms 144:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:17-23 ; 1 Samuel 31:7 ; Deuteronomy 28:25 ; Deuteronomy 28:7 ; Jeremiah 13:17-19 ; Jeremiah 14:18 ; Judges 5:8 ; Judges 6:3 ; Judges 6:6 ; Lamentations 1:4-6 ; Zechariah 8:3-5...
Psalms 144:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Psalms 144:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 144:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 144:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 144:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 144:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 144:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 144:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 144:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 144:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 144:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 144:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 144:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 144:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 144:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 144:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 144:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes