Psalms 144:3

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-14.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 144:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
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 t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. O Jehovah! what is man, etc. He amplifies the goodness shown by God by instituting a comparison. Having declared how singularly he had b...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 - See the notes on P...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 re...
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...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

See Psalms 8:4 .
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...
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 chief...
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 appre...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 dus...
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...
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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness; Prayer for Success against Enemies....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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...
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...
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 diffi...
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...
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...
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...
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. Fr...
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 a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

³ LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Related Commentaries of Psalms 144:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 144:3