The Meaning of Psalms 144:3 Explained

Psalms 144:3

KJV: LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

YLT: Jehovah, what is man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

Darby: Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?

ASV: Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

Discover Psalms 144:3

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 144:3?

MEANING: What does Psalms 144:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 144:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 144:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

LORD,  what [is] man,  that thou takest knowledge  of him! [or] the son  of man,  that thou makest account  of him! 

What does Psalms 144:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 144:1-15 - God's People Are Happy
This psalm savors of the rocky caverns from which David and his men emerged to fight. Each day the chieftain asked God to teach him to fight, and realized that all his need would be met. The names he gives to God indicate that all-sidedness which becomes the complement of every conceivable necessity on our part.
What a striking conception opens in Psalms 144:4! Saul was but a "breath"! r.v., margin. The persecuting bands were as the shadows that pass across the hills! From them all he appealed to God to bow the heavens and come, to touch the mountains, and to rescue him from the rising waters. And when the storm has passed he sings his new glad song, Psalms 144:9. Psalms 144:12-15 were probably added at a later time, when David was established in his kingdom. They describe a summer afternoon of prosperity, when sons have grown from plants to trees, and daughters resemble the carved figures which support the beams of a palace. No breaking in of the foe, no need to go forth to fight, no outcry of oppression or want; but the halcyon sunset of a well-spent life. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 144

1  David blesses God for his mercy both to him and to man
5  He prays that God would powerfully deliver him from his enemies
9  He promises to praise God
11  He prays for the happy state of the kingdom

What do the individual words in Psalms 144:3 mean?

Yahweh what [is] man that You take knowledge of him [Or] the son of man that You are mindful of him
יְֽהוָ֗ה מָה־ אָ֭דָם וַתֵּדָעֵ֑הוּ בֶּן־ אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ וַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּ

יְֽהוָ֗ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
מָה־  what  [is] 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
אָ֭דָם  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
וַתֵּדָעֵ֑הוּ  that  You  take  knowledge  of  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
בֶּן־  [Or]  the  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּ  that  You  are  mindful  of  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: חָשַׁב 
Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.

What are the major concepts related to Psalms 144:3?

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