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Awe at God's Attention
Commentators agree that this verse expresses profound awe at God's condescension. David contrasts God's greatness with humanity's smallness and frailty, wondering why the Creator would pay any attention to such insignificant beings. This sense of amazement at God's personal care is a foundational aspect of worship.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 144:3
18th Century
Theologian
Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? - The sentiment here is the same as in Psalm 8:4, though the language is not …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 144:3
19th Century
Bishop
See Psalms 8:4.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 144:3
19th Century
Preacher
Have you not often felt like this? You have said, "Lord, how could you have bestowed such favors upon me, so utterly unworthy, so insignificant, so…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 144:3
16th Century
Theologian
O Jehovah! what is man, etc. He amplifies the goodness shown by God by instituting a comparison. Having declared how uniquely he …
John Gill
On Psalms 144:3
17th Century
Pastor
Lord, what [is] man, that you take knowledge of him ?
&c.] Man, that is at most and best but a creature, made of the…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 144:1–8
17th Century
Minister
When individuals become eminent for things for which they have had few advantages, they should be more deeply aware that God has been their Teacher…