Psalms 144 · Verse 2

Psalms 144:2

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.
Psalms 144:2, King James Version

Psalms 144:2 in other translations

BSBHe is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
WEBmy loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
ASVMy lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
YLTMy 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!
DARBYMy mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!
BBEHe is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.
WebsterMy goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

What does Psalms 144:2 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Who subdueth my people - Who has once more reduced the nation to a state of loyal obedience. This may refer to the peace after the rebellion of Absalom.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 144:1-8

When men become eminent for things as to which they have had few advantages, they should be more deeply sensible that God has been their Teacher. Happy those to whom the Lord gives that noblest victory, conquest and dominion over their own spirits. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy. There was a special power of God, inclining the people of Israel to be subject to David…

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Psalms 144:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חַסְדִּ֥יchas.Dicovenant loyalty myH2617
וּמְצוּדָתִי֮u.me.tzu.da.Tiand stronghold myH4686
מִשְׂגַּבִּ֪יmis.ga.Birefuge myH4869
וּֽמְפַלְטִ֫יu.me.fal.Tiand deliverer myH6403
לִ֥יlito me
מָ֭גִנִּיMa.gi.nishield myH4043
וּב֣וֹu.Voand in him
חָסִ֑יתִיcha.Si.tiI take refugeH2620
הָרוֹדֵ֖דha.ro.Dedthe [one who] subduesH7286
עַמִּ֣י'a.Mipeople myH5971
תַחְתָּֽי\׃tach.Taiunder meH8478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 144:2

  • 2 Samuel 22:2-3

    And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 91:2

    I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  • Psalms 59:9

    Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

  • Psalms 18:47

    It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

  • 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.

  • 2 Samuel 22:40-48

    For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. …

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My goodness. or, mercy. my fortress.
2Sa 22:2,3,40-48; Jer 16:19
who subdueth.
18:47; 110:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 144:1

    A Psalm of David. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

  • Psalms 144:2

    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.

  • Psalms 144:3

    Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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Psalms 144:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Misericordia mía y mi castillo, altura mía y mi libertador, escudo mío, en quien he confiado; el que allana mi pueblo delante de mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ma bonté et mon lieu fort, ma haute retraite et celui qui me délivre, mon bouclier et celui en qui je me réfugie; il assujettit mon peuple sous moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meine Güte und meine Burg, meine hohe Feste und mein Erretter; mein Schild und der, auf den ich traue, der mir mein Volk unterwirft!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Per singulos dies benedicam tibi, et laudabo nomen tuum in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.