Psalms 144:2
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Blessed be the LORD my strength which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
3LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him!
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:40For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me.
Psalms 18:47It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under me.
Psalms 84:9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of yours anointed.
Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.
Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto you from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited 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 →