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Psalm 144:14
Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
12Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
14Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
15Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.
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Oxen pulling heavy loads and streets without outcry picture a peace that reaches both daily work and the shared life of a town.
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Zechariah 8:3–5The LORD says: “I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called ‘The City of Truth;’ and the mountain of the LORD …Both passages concern a community’s life, though Zechariah names the LORD’s dwelling in Jerusalem rather than the security described in the psalm.
Deuteronomy 28:7The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.Deuteronomy promises the defeat of attacking enemies; the psalm pictures the security of a community where no one breaks in.
Job 39:11Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?The psalm describes oxen doing heavy work; Job questions whether great strength can be trusted with labor.
1 Samuel 31:7When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his …Israel’s abandoned cities and fleeing residents contrast with the psalm’s picture of a community without breaking in or going away.
Lamentations 1:4–6The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself …Lamentations describes desolate gates and afflicted people, a contrast to the psalm’s streets without outcry.
1 Samuel 13:17–23The raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;The Philistine raiders represent the threat of hostile incursions, while the psalm pictures a community without breaking in.
Judges 6:6Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.Israel cries to the LORD under Midian’s oppression, while the psalm describes a community free from outcry.
Jeremiah 13:17–19But if you will not hear it, my soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eye will weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been …Jeremiah weeps over the LORD’s people taken captive; the psalm pictures communal life without departure or outcry.
Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.Jerusalem’s cry and Judah’s mourning contrast with the absence of outcry in the psalm’s streets.
Isaiah 24:11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.Both passages mention distress in the streets: the psalm describes its absence, while Isaiah describes crying and lost joy.
Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the field, then behold, the slain with the sword! If I enter into the city, then behold, those who are sick with famine! For both the prophet …Jeremiah describes death in the fields and famine in the city, contrasting with the psalm’s working oxen and undisturbed streets.
Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back …Deuteronomy describes defeat and flight before enemies, the opposite of the settled security pictured in the psalm.
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The happiness described here includes work that can continue and streets free from distress; the next verse roots that happiness in belonging to YHWH.
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