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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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; …
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.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here, I. David acknowledges his dependence upon God and his obligations to him, Ps. 144:1 , 2 . A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy; and when we are waiting upon God to bless us we should stir up ourselves to bless him. He gives to God the glory of two things:— 1. What he was to him: Blessed be the Lord my rock (Ps. 144:1), my goodness, my fortress , Ps.…
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