Psalms 144:2

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

In Context

1Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: hear me in thy justice.

3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old:

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:40Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.

Psalms 18:47The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted :

Psalms 84:9O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.

Psalms 110:3With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee.

Jeremiah 16:19O Lord, my might, and my strength, and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 144:2-9

Grateful Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness; Prayer for Success against Enemies. 1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. 3 Lord , what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord , and… Read the whole commentary →

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