Psalms 144:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My goodness,b 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My goodness - Margin, “my mercy.” That is, He shows me mercy or favor. All the favors that I receive come from him. And my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer - See the notes at Psalms...
Psalms 144:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who (b) subdueth my people under me. (b) He confesses that neither by his own authority, power or...
Psalms 144:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLIV. Ascribed by LXX and also by T. to David against Goliath, but without any shadow of reason. Psalms 144:1-11 is really a mosaic chiefly taken from Psalms 18, but also from Psalms 8, 33, 1...
Psalms 144:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

goodness . lovingkindness. The Syriac reads "refuge". deliverer . liberator. Hebrew. paLatin Not the same word as in verses: Psalms 144:7 ; Psalms 144:10 ; Psalms 144:11 . See notes below....
Psalms 144:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. My goodness, etc. This way of using the word in a passive sense, as in the Hebrew, sounds harsh in Latin; just as elsewhere ( Psalms 18:50 ) he calls himself “God’s king,” not in the sen...
Psalms 144:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Who subdueth my people - Who has once more reduced the nation to a...
Psalms 144:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. My goodness - rather, 'my loving-kindness,' who art loving-k...
Psalms 144:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. consists mainly of thoughts and quotations from earlier Pss., e.g. 8 and 18. Psalms 144:12-15 are, however, quite unlike anything else in the Psalter, and some suppose them to be a quotati...
Psalms 144:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My goodness· — Or, my lovingkindness, or my grace, a shortened form of “God of my grace” ( Psalms 59:10 ; Psalms 59:17 ). The expression is exactly analogous to the term” grace,” applied to ki...
Psalms 144:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 144:1-15 THE force of compilation could no further go than in this psalm, which is, in the first eleven verses ( Psalms 144:1-11 )simply a rechauffe of known psalms, and in Psalms 144:1...
Psalms 144:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's People Are Happy Psalms 144:1-15 This psalm savors of the rocky caverns from which David and his men emerged to fight. Each day the chieftain asked God to teach him to fight, and realized...
Psalms 144:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of triumphant assurance. Its placing at this point in the book suggests the invincible experience of trusting souls. In order to appreciate all its value, the nine psalms immediately p...
Psalms 144:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These military expressions are all suited to the spiritual warrior. Jesus, the great Captain of our salvation, had a personal conflict with Satan, and having been taught of Jehovah how to fight and o...
Psalms 144:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 h...
Psalms 144:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 2. My goodness and my fortress ] See Psalms 18:1 , with t...
Psalms 144:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blessed be the Lord my strength On whom I rely, and from whom I have power to withstand and subdue my enemies, and to perform the duties of my place and station; who teacheth my hands to war , &am...
Psalms 144:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Acknowledgments of Divine Goodness; Prayer for Success against Enemies. A psalm of David. 1 Blessed b...
Psalms 144:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My goodness; or, my mercy ; or, the God of my mercy , as God is called, Psalms 59:10,17 ; the name of God being easily understood from the foregoing verse. Or, he who is exceeding good or merc...
Psalms 144:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This is a singularly composite Psalm. The earlier portion of it, to the end of Psalms 144:11 , consists almost entirely of a cento of quotations, strung together from earlier Psalms;...
Psalms 144:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

A Psalm of David. No doubt written after some great victory, and also before another severe struggle. The Christian man seldom escapes from one difficulty without falling into another. Thanks be unto...
Psalms 144:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This, and the six following psalms, are all eucharistical, and seem to have been composed when David's sorrows were changed to joys. He here praises God for past mercies, and asks grace for the futur...
Psalms 144:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. The Lord teaching us to fight I do not know what that “Book of the Wars of the Lord” was which is refer...
Psalms 144:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A PSALM in which praise and prayer are commingled. Almost certainly Davidic: 1. From the title. 2. From the style. 3. From the way in which David is mentioned in Psalms...
Psalms 144:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thanksgiving and Prayer for Deliverance. A psalm of David, in which he praises God for help experienced in the past and confidently implores His assistance against the enemies of the nation, as we...
Psalms 144:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 22:2 ; 2 Samuel 22:3 ; 2 Samuel 22:40-48 ; Jeremiah 16:19 ; Psalms 110:3 ; Psalms 18:47
Psalms 144:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Subdued — Who hath disposed my peoples hearts to receive and obey me as their king.

Psalms 144:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 144:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 144:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 144:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 144:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 144:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 144:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 144:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 144:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 144:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 144:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 144:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 144:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 144:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 144:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 144:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes