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Psalms 144:2
Psalms 144:2 is verse 2 of Psalms chapter 144, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
Many Hebrew manuscripts, DSS, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
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Psalms 144:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
3 O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 22:2He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
2 Samuel 22:3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:40You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
2 Samuel 22:41You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
2 Samuel 22:42They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
2 Samuel 22:43I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
2 Samuel 22:44You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
2 Samuel 22:45Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
2 Samuel 22:46Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
2 Samuel 22:47The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
2 Samuel 22:48the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
Psalms 18:47the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.