Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 144:11

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 144:11

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 144:11

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood." — Psalms 144:11 (ASV)

Rid me, and deliver me ... - See the notes on Psalms 144:7-8. The language is repeated here. The prayer had been interrupted by the thought that its answer would lay the foundation for praise, and by an acknowledgment of entire dependence on God.

The psalmist now, after repeating the prayer, suggests what would result from its answer and dwells on the happy consequences that must follow: the bright scenes in his own reign, in the prosperity of the people, in the happiness of the nation, in domestic comforts, and in the abundance that the land would produce when these dangers pass away, when people now engaged in armed conflict might return to peaceful pursuits, when families would be safe in their dwellings, and when the earth, cultivated in peacetime, would again produce abundance (Psalms 144:12–14).