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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,
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Cross References

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My goodness.
or, mercy.
my fortress.
2 Sam. 22:2‑3,40‑48• 2And he said,{HR}Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;{HR}
 3God is my rock, in him will I trust—{HR}My shield, and the horn of my salvation,{HR}My high tower, and my refuge,{HR}My saviour: thou wilt save me from violence.{HR}
 40And thou girdedst me with strength to battle:{HR}Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.{HR}
 41And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me,{HR}And those that hated me I destroyed.{HR}
 42They looked, and there was none to save—{HR}Unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.{HR}
 43And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth,{HR}I trod them as the mire of the streets;{HR}I stamped upon them.
 44And thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,{HR}Thou hast kept me to be head of the nations:{HR}A people I knew not doth serve me:{HR}
 45Strangers come cringing unto me:{HR}At the hearing of the ear, they obey me.{HR}
 46Strangers have faded away,{HR}And they come trembling forth from their close places.
 47Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock;{HR}And exalted be the God, the rock of my salvation,{HR}
 48The God who hath avenged me,{HR}And hath brought the peoples under me.{HR} (2 Sam. 22:2‑3,40‑48)
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Jer. 16:19• 19Jehovah, 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• 47The God who giveth revenges unto me{HR}And subdueth peoples under me, (Psa. 18:47)
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Psa. 110:3• 3Thy people offer themselves willingly{HR}In the day of thy power, in ornaments of holiness;{HR}From the womb of the dawn to thee [is] 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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My mercy and my fortress, my high place,{HR}And my deliverer for me;{HR}My shield and he in whom I trust,{HR}The subduer of my people under me.