Psalms 144:6

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them,.... The mountains, the kings and kingdoms of the earth; the enemies of David, and of Christ, and of his people; particularly the Jews, who have been scattered…

Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them - See the notes at Psa 18:14 : “He sent out his arrows, and scattered them.” The allusion there is to lightning. The psalmist prays that; God would do now again…

Here, I. David acknowledges his dependence upon God and his obligations to him, Psa 144:1, Psa 144:2. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy; and when we are…

Lighten lightning, and scatter them:

Send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them.

A variation of Psa 18:14, corresponding again more closely to the text of 2Sa 22:15. Themmust refer to the enemies…