Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 144:5

Condescension, visitation, contact, and conflagration.

Verses 7-8, 11. Repetitions, not vain. Repetitions in prayer are vain when they result from form, thoughtlessness, or superstition; but not, e.g.,

1. When they are the utterance of genuine fervour.

2. When the danger prayed against is imminent.

3. When the fear which prompts the prayer is urgent.

4. When the repetition is prompted by a new motive, Ps 144:7-8; by God's condescension, Ps 144:3,11; by God's former deliverance, Ps 144:10; and by the results which will flow from the answer, Ps 144:12-14. —C.A.D.