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Psalm 144

Psa. 144:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My γgoodness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
, and my fortress
matsuwd (Hebrew #4686)
or (feminine) mtsuwdah {mets-oo-daw'}; or mtsudah {mets-oo-daw'}; for 4685; a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastness; --castle, defense, fort(-ress), (strong) hold, be hunted, net, snare, strong place.
Pronounce: maw-tsood'
; my high tower
misgab (Hebrew #4869)
properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); abstractly, altitude; figuratively, a refuge
KJV usage: defence, high fort (tower), refuge, Misgab, a place in Moab:--Misgab.
Pronounce: mis-gawb'
Origin: from 7682
, and my deliverer
palat (Hebrew #6403)
to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver
KJV usage: calve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.
Pronounce: paw-lat'
Origin: a primitive root
; my shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
, and he in whom I trust
chacah (Hebrew #2620)
to flee for protection (compare 982); figuratively, to confide in
KJV usage: have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.
Pronounce: khaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
; who subdueth
radad (Hebrew #7286)
to tread in pieces, i.e. (figuratively) to conquer, or (specifically) to overlay
KJV usage: spend, spread, subdue.
Pronounce: raw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
under me.
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or, mercy.

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Fortress,
Shield,
Tower

Cross References

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My goodness.
or, mercy.
my fortress.
2 Sam. 22:2‑3,40‑48• 2And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
 3The 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.
 40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
 41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
 42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
 43Then 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.
 44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
 45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
 46Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
 47The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
 48It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, (2 Sam. 22:2‑3,40‑48)
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Jer. 16:19• 19O 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. (Jer. 16:19)
who subdueth.
Psa. 18:47• 47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. (Psa. 18:47)
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Psa. 110:3• 3Thy 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. (Psa. 110:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My mercyi and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, Ps. 59.10.