In the 144th Psalm, David asks a deeply theological question..."What is man that you should care for him? The son of man that you should think of him?" He recognizes his place in this world. In all the immortality and omnipotence he ascribes to God, David applies the inverse to himself. Why would God care for man, who lives for but an instant? I don't believe that David was asking for an answer to this question. He isn't really trying to understand why God is this way. He just revels in the fact that it is true. And this attitude is evidenced by the rest of the chapter.
David asks that God pour out the greatest of his blessings...of protection, of providence, of mercy. Look at all the things that God will do when his people trust him.
- Deliverence from foreigners
- Well-nurtured sons
- Beautiful daughters
- Barns full of provision
- Increase in sheep in the fields (so a place for those sheep to graze)
- Oxen drawing heavy loads (so...large harvest?)
- Unbreached walls
- Freedom
- No oppression.
It's a pretty good life, and it comes for the people who trust in the LORD.
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