Psalms 144:2
My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1By David. Blessed [is] Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.
3Jehovah, what [is] man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:40And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
Psalms 18:47God — who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,
Psalms 84:9Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,
Psalms 110:3Thy people [are] free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Jeremiah 16:19O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.
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 →