Psalms 144:2

My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

1A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

3LORD, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:40For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Psalms 18:47(18-48) Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.

Psalms 84:9(84-10) Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.

Psalms 110:3Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare; in adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth.

Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge, in the day of affliction, unto Thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: 'Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, vanity and things wherein there is no profit.'

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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