Psalms 144:2
He who is my loving-kindness and my fortress; My high tower and my deliverer, My shield, and he in whom I trust; Who subdueth peoples under me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight!
3LORD, what is man, that thou art mindful of him, Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
Cross References
Psalms 18:47It is God who hath given me vengeance, And subdued the nations under me;
Psalms 84:9Look down, O God! our shield, And behold the face of thine anointed!
Psalms 110:3Thy people shall be ready, when thou musterest thy forces, in holy splendor; Thy youth shall come forth like dew from the womb of the morning.
Jeremiah 16:19O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, My refuge in the day of distress! To thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, And shall say, “Truly our fathers inherited delusion, Vain and unprofitable things.
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 →