Psalms 144:2
My kindness, and my strong-hold; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3Lord, what is man, that thou takest cognizance of him: the son of a mortal, that thou regardest him!
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:40For thou hast girded me with strength for the war; thou subduest my opponents under me.
Psalms 18:47(18:48) The God that granteth me vengeance, and subdueth nations under me;
Psalms 84:9(84:10) [Thou,] our shield, behold, O God, and look upon the face of thy anointed.
Psalms 110:3Thy people will bring freewill-gifts on the day of thy power, in the ornaments of holiness: as out of the bosom of the morning-dawn so is thine the dew of thy youth.
Jeremiah 16:19O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge on the day of trouble, unto thee shall nations come from the ends of the earth, and say, Nothing but falsehood had our fathers inherited, vanity, 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 →