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Selected Verse: Psalms 144:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 144:3 |
Strong Concordance |
LORD [03068], what is man [0120], that thou takest knowledge [03045] of him! or the son [01121] of man [0582], that thou makest account [02803] of him! |
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King James |
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? - The sentiment here is the same as in Psa 8:4, though the language is not precisely the same. See the notes at that passage. The word rendered "that thou takest knowledge of him," means here to take notice of; to regard. The idea is, It is amazing that a being so insignificant as man should be an object of interest to God, or that One so great should pay any attention to him and to his affairs. In Psa 8:4, the language is "that thou art mindful of him," that is, that thou dost remember him - that thou dost not altogether pass him over. In Psa 8:1-9 the remark is made in view of the heavens as being so exalted in comparison with man, and the wonder is, that in view of worlds so vast occupying the divine attention, and needing the divine care, "man," so insignificant, does not pass out of his view altogether. Here the remark seems to be made in illustration of the idea that there is no strength in man; that he has no power to accomplish anything of himself; that he is entirely dependent on God.
Or the son of man - Man - any of the race. See the notes at Psa 8:4.
That thou makest account of him! - Psa 8:4, "that thou visitest him." See the notes at that passage. The word here means "that thou shouldest "think" of him," that he should ever come into thy thought at all. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| It is evident that Psa 144:3 is a variation of Psa 8:5 with the use of other verbs. ידע in the sense of loving intimacy; חשּׁב, properly to count, compute, here rationem habere. Instead of כּי followed by the future there are consecutive futures here, and בּן־אדם is aramaizingly (בּר אנשׁ) metamorphosed into בּן־אנושׁ. Psa 144:4 is just such another imitation, like a miniature of Psa 39:6., Psa 39:11, cf. Psa 62:10. The figure of the shadow is the same as in Psa 102:12, cf. Psa 109:23. The connection of the third stanza with the second is still more disrupt than that of the second with the first. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Lord, what is man - See the notes on Psa 8:4, Psa 8:5. What is Adam, that thou approvest of him? Can he do any thing worthy of thy notice? Or the son of feeble perishing man, that thou shouldest hold him in repute? What care, love, and attention, dost thou lavish upon him! |
4 What is man [0582], that thou art mindful [02142] of him? and the son [01121] of man [0120], that thou visitest [06485] him?
4 What is man [0582], that thou art mindful [02142] of him? and the son [01121] of man [0120], that thou visitest [06485] him?
1 To the chief Musician [05329] upon Gittith [01665], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. O LORD [03068] our Lord [0113], how excellent [0117] is thy name [08034] in all the earth [0776]! who hast set [05414] thy glory [01935] above the heavens [08064].
2 Out of the mouth [06310] of babes [05768] and sucklings [03243] hast thou ordained [03245] strength [05797] because of thine enemies [06887], that thou mightest still [07673] the enemy [0341] and the avenger [05358].
3 When I consider [07200] thy heavens [08064], the work [04639] of thy fingers [0676], the moon [03394] and the stars [03556], which thou hast ordained [03559];
4 What is man [0582], that thou art mindful [02142] of him? and the son [01121] of man [0120], that thou visitest [06485] him?
5 For thou hast made him a little [04592] lower [02637] than the angels [0430], and hast crowned [05849] him with glory [03519] and honour [01926].
6 Thou madest him to have dominion [04910] over the works [04639] of thy hands [03027]; thou hast put [07896] all things under his feet [07272]:
7 All sheep [06792] and oxen [0504], yea, and the beasts [0929] of the field [07704];
8 The fowl [06833] of the air [08064], and the fish [01709] of the sea [03220], and whatsoever passeth through [05674] the paths [0734] of the seas [03220].
9 O LORD [03068] our Lord [0113], how excellent [0117] is thy name [08034] in all the earth [0776]!
4 What is man [0582], that thou art mindful [02142] of him? and the son [01121] of man [0120], that thou visitest [06485] him?
4 What is man [0582], that thou art mindful [02142] of him? and the son [01121] of man [0120], that thou visitest [06485] him?
23 I am gone [01980] like the shadow [06738] when it declineth [05186]: I am tossed up and down [05287] as the locust [0697].
12 But thou, O LORD [03068], shalt endure [03427] for ever [05769]; and thy remembrance [02143] unto all [01755] generations [01755].
10 Trust [0982] not in oppression [06233], and become not vain [01891] in robbery [01498]: if riches [02428] increase [05107], set [07896] not your heart [03820] upon them.
11 When thou with rebukes [08433] dost correct [03256] man [0376] for iniquity [05771], thou makest his beauty [02530] to consume away [04529] like a moth [06211]: surely every man [0120] is vanity [01892]. Selah [05542].
6 Surely every man [0376] walketh [01980] in a vain shew [06754]: surely they are disquieted [01993] in vain [01892]: he heapeth up [06651] riches, and knoweth [03045] not who shall gather [0622] them.
4 Man [0120] is like [01819] to vanity [01892]: his days [03117] are as a shadow [06738] that passeth away [05674].
5 For thou hast made him a little [04592] lower [02637] than the angels [0430], and hast crowned [05849] him with glory [03519] and honour [01926].
3 LORD [03068], what is man [0120], that thou takest knowledge [03045] of him! or the son [01121] of man [0582], that thou makest account [02803] of him!
5 For thou hast made him a little [04592] lower [02637] than the angels [0430], and hast crowned [05849] him with glory [03519] and honour [01926].
4 What is man [0582], that thou art mindful [02142] of him? and the son [01121] of man [0120], that thou visitest [06485] him?