Psalms 144

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Psalms 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 the happy state of the kingdom.

(Title.) A Psalm of David.Calmet and others think that this Psalm was composed by David after the death of Absalom; and from a collation of it with Ps 18, in which the same ideas and form of expression occur, there can be no doubt of both having proceeded from the same pen, and that David was the author.
my strength. Heb. my rock.
Psalms 18:2; Psalms 18:31; Psalms 71:3; Psalms 95:1; Deuteronomy 32:30; Deuteronomy 32:31; Isaiah 26:4
Isaiah 45:24
teacheth.
Psalms 18:34; Psalms 44:3; Psalms 44:4; Psalms 60:12; 2 Samuel 22:35; 2 Corinthians 10:4; Ephesians 6:10; Ephesians 6:11
to war. or, to the war, etc.