PSALM 144 Covenant of Love

Job 7:17-18 Tanakh Translation JPS
17  What is man, that you make much of him,
      That You fix Your attention upon him ?
18  You inspect him every morning
      Examine him every minute.

Psalm8:4-6 ESV
4    What is man that you are mindful of him,
      and the son of man that you care for him?
5    Yet you have made him a little lower
      than heavenly beings
      and crowned him with glory and honour.
6    You have given him dominion over the 
      works of your hands;
      you have put all things under his feet....

Psalm 144:3 (143 LXX)   Orthodox SAAS
3    O Lord, what is man, that You are 
           made known to him
      or the son of man, that You consider him ?

from Donald Sheehan's translation of the Septuagint
Psalm 144  ( LXX 143 )    
     Lord, what is man that thou hast revealed thyself to him
     or the son of man that thou hast bent thy thought to him ?

Psalm 144:5  ESV
    Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down !

Psalm 18:9 RSV
     He bowed the heavens and came down.

Psalm 144:2 ESV
2   He is my steadfast love and my fortress,
     my stronghold and my deliverer,
     my shield and he in whom I take refuge....

The psalmist boasts of his past experiences
of God's protection and deliverance.
But the psalmist is not addressing a political ally
or a military ally.
He is addressing " my steadfast love ".....
 "in whom I take refuge".
This verse expresses personal affection.
Of course an ally is someone in whom you have
 a relationship by treaty or friendship.
The psalmist relates to the Lord by covenant and by love.