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Psalms 144:1

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

[A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:

Psalms 144:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 144:1

Theological / Devotional

Strength. Heb. ṣur, “rock” (see on Ps. 18:2, 31, 46). Ṣur is used figuratively to denote something solid, enduring, and immovable.

My hands to war. See on Ps. 18:34. The psalmist is not glorifying war itself. David recognized that God gave him the skill to defeat the arrogant and mighty Goliath. In the conflict David did not trust to any human armor, but he went clothed in the panoply of heaven.

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