Psalms 144:2
You are my covenant faithfulness and my fortress, 1 my high tower and the one who rescues me, 1 my shield and the one in whom I take refuge, 1 the one who subdues nations under me. 1
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1Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, 1 who trains my hands for war 1 and my fingers for battle. 1
3Yahweh, what is man that you take notice of him 1 or the son of man that you think about him? 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:40You put strength on me like a belt for battle; 1 you put under me those who rise up against me. 1
Psalms 18:47He is the God who executes vengeance for me, who subdues the nations under me. 1
Psalms 84:9God, watch over our shield; 1 show concern for your anointed. 1
Psalms 110:3Your people will follow you in holy garments 1 of their own free will on the day of your power; 1 from the womb of the dawn your youth will be to you like the dew. 1
Jeremiah 16:19Yahweh, you are my stronghold and my refuge, my place of safety in the day of distress. 1 The nations will go to you from the ends of the earth and say, “Surely our ancestors inherited deceit. 1 They are empty; there is no profit in them. 1
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 →