Psalm 144

A sure confidence in the Lord.

Never, never have I seen David, especially, waver in his confidence that the Lord is strong and true, faithful and steady, and will rescue from every situation.  Never does he question God's presence or capability to handle anything that comes to him.  He might complain in the form of prayer, but not in the sense of asking God, "what do you think you're doing?"

Here, he expresses a very confident faith in God, his protector.  Rock. Fortress. High tower.  Deliverer.  Shield.  Refuge.  All of these are used to describe the Lord.  Also, He "trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.   And in the middle of all of these 'strong' words, I noted the word "lovingkindness".   The contrast really struck me.  God is all of those things, but also a gentle, loving, and kind God.

As in prior psalms, David acknowledges his position before God.  Small. Insignificant.  Fleeting.
But God bows down to take knowledge of us, who are so far beneath Him.  He, Who is infinite and great, takes notice of us, who are finite and small.

David uses cataclysmic language to describe the power of his God.  Lightning, thunder, smoking mountians....all represent God's great power to rescue David from the 'great waters', of afflictions from his enemies.

One phrase is repeated twice with minor differences in verses 7b-8 and then verse 11:
      "Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of foreigners whose mouth speaks lying words, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.".

After verse 7b and 8, David offers and promises praise and a new song to God for his deliverance.
After verse 11, he states that because of God's deliverance, the next generation will be blessed and prosper in all things.

"Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!"

Indeed!