Psalm 144:1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

English Standard Version
Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

New American Standard Bible
A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Davidic. May the LORD, my rock, be praised, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare.

International Standard Version
Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare,

American Standard Version
Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.

Darby Bible Translation
{A Psalm of David.} Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;

Young's Literal Translation
By David. Blessed is Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

Cross References

Numbers 1:22
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

2 Samuel 22:35
He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Psalm 18:34
He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

144:1-8 When men become eminent for things as to which they have had few advantages, they should be more deeply sensible that God has been their Teacher. Happy those to whom the Lord gives that noblest victory, conquest and dominion over their own spirits. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy. There was a special power of God, inclining the people of Israel to be subject to David; it was typical of the bringing souls into subjection to the Lord Jesus. Man's days have little substance, considering how many thoughts and cares of a never-dying soul are employed about a poor dying body. Man's life is as a shadow that passes away. In their highest earthly exaltation, believers will recollect how mean, sinful, and vile they are in themselves; thus they will be preserved from self-importance and presumption. God's time to help his people is, when they are sinking, and all other helps fail.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

PSALM 144

Ps 144:1-15. David's praise of God as his all-sufficient help is enhanced by a recognition of the intrinsic worthlessness of man. Confidently imploring God's interposition against his enemies, he breaks forth into praise and joyful anticipations of the prosperity of his kingdom, when freed from vain and wicked men.