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 the notes, His epithetis et elogiis eblanditur Deum, saith an interpreter (Genebr.).
Who subdueth my people under me] This is the work of God, and not of kingcraft, to make men good subjects who are naturally discontented at the present government, be it never so good, and apt to rebel, αει το παρον βαρυ (Thucyd.).