Psalms 144:2 · KJV
“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. {My goodness: or, My mercy}”
— Psalms 144:2
[{A Psalm} of David.] Blessed {be} the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, {and} my fingers to fight: {strength: Heb. rock} {to war...: Heb. to the war, etc}
LORD, what {is} man, that thou takest knowledge of him! {or} the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Psalms 144 — Context
[{A Psalm} of David.] Blessed {be} the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, {and} my fingers to fight: {strength: Heb. rock} {to war...: Heb. to the war, etc}
2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and {he} in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. {My goodness: or, My mercy}
3LORD, what {is} man, that thou takest knowledge of him! {or} the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:2-3
And he said, The LORD {is} my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
Psalms 91:2
I will say of the LORD, {He is} my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms 18:2
The LORD {is} my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, {and} my high tower. {my strength: Heb. my rock}
Psalms 59:9
{Because of} his strength will I wait upon thee: for God {is} my defence. {defence: Heb. high place}
Psalms 18:47
{It is} God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. {avengeth: Heb. giveth avengements for} {subdueth: or, destroyeth}
Psalms 84:9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Jeremiah 16:19
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and {things} wherein {there is} no profit.
Psalms 110:3
Thy people {shall be} willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. {from...: or, more than the womb of the morning: thou shalt have, etc}