Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,.... This is repeated from Ps 144:7; and is done to show the vehemency and importunity of the request, and the danger David was in, and his sense of it; See Gill on "Ps 144:7";whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
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Psalms 144:11
Psalms 144:11
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have been penned afterwards, when he was still in trouble (for there is…Psalms 144 — OverviewPsalms 144 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 144:1, David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man; Psalms 144:5, He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies; Psalms 144:9, He promises to praise God; Psalms 144:11, He prays for…Psalms 144 — OverviewPsalms 144 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BiblePsalm of David. This psalm was written by David; not on account of the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, by a spirit of prophecy, as Theodoret; but on his own account, after he was come to the throne,…Psalms 144:1-15Psalms 144:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
A PSALM in which praise and prayer are commingled. Almost certainly Davidic:
1. From the title.
2. From the style.
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The latter part of this psalm seems hardly to belong to the former; but looking at it in the light of the last verses, we regard it as an utterance which has in view, from first to last,…Psalms 144:1-15Psalms 144:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryWhat the goodness of God does for me and in me.
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