Psalms 144:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 144:2

He 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.

BSB

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ASV

My 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.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

My goodness,.... Not only good, but goodness itself; the donor of all the blessings of goodness to him; the author of all goodness in him; the provider of all goodness for him, laid up to be used hereafter. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it my mercy, properly enough; that is, the God of "my mercy", as in Psa 59:10; who is all mercy, full of mercy, rich and plenteous in it; which is abundant, and from everlasting to everlasting.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There was a special hand of God inclining the people of Israel to be subject to David, pursuant to the promise God had made him; and it was typical of that great act of divine grace, the bringing of souls into subjection to the Lord Jesus and making them willing in the day of his power.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

Now our royal poet multiplies metaphors to extol his God. My goodness, and my fortress. The word for goodness signifies mercy. Whoever we may be, and wherever we may be, we need mercy such as can only be found in the infinite God. It is all of mercy that he is any of the other good things to us, so that this is a highly comprehensive Title — O how truly has the Lord been mercy to many of us in a thousand ways! He is goodness itself, and he has been unbounded goodness to us.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חַסְדִּ֥י	chas.Di	covenant loyalty my	H2617 →
וּמְצוּדָתִי֮	u.me.tzu.da.Ti	and stronghold my	H4686 →
מִשְׂגַּבִּ֪י	mis.ga.Bi	refuge my	H4869 →
וּֽמְפַלְטִ֫י	u.me.fal.Ti	and deliverer my	H6403 →
לִ֥י	li	to me
מָ֭גִנִּי	Ma.gi.ni	shield my	H4043 →
וּב֣וֹ	u.Vo	and in him
חָסִ֑יתִי	cha.Si.ti	I take refuge	H2620 →
הָרוֹדֵ֖ד	ha.ro.Ded	the [one who] subdues	H7286 →
עַמִּ֣י	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
תַחְתָּֽי׃	tach.Tai	under me	H8478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 91:2
I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
leads to
- Isaiah 26:3–4
  You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 18:10
  The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 18:2
  The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Isaiah 12:2
  Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Psalms 142:5
  I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Through
Psalms 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
leads to
- Psalms 62:2
  He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 62:7
  My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- Psalms 19:14
  May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms