Psalms 144:2
He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:40You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
Psalms 18:47the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
Psalms 84:9Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
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 →