Parallel Verses
Amplified
My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my rescuer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me.
New American Standard Bible
My
My
Who
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.
Holman Bible
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield,
He subdues my people
International Standard Version
he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues nations under me.
A Conservative Version
my loving kindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
American Standard Version
My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
Darby Translation
My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!
Julia Smith Translation
My mercy and my fortress, my height and delivering for me; my shield, and in him I put my trust; treading down peoples under me.
King James 2000
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and [one] in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me.
Modern King James verseion
He is my goodness and my fortress; my high tower and my deliverer; my shield and He in whom I trust; who humbles my people under me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My hope and my castle, my defense and my deliverer, my shield in whom I trust, which subdueth the people that is under me.
NET Bible
who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me.
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
My lovingkindness and my stronghold, my high tower and my deliverer - mine! My buckler, and he in whom I have sought refuge, - He that subdueth my people under me.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me!
Themes
Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A fortress
Deliverance » The lord being your deliverer
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 144:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A King's Prayer
1
Who trains my hands for war
And my fingers for battle;
2
My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my rescuer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me.
Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?
Cross References
Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me;
My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.
Psalm 59:9
O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].
Psalm 91:2
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”
2 Samuel 22:2-3
He said:
2 Samuel 22:40-48
“For You have surrounded me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who stood against me.
Psalm 18:47
The God who avenges me,
And subdues peoples (nations) under me.
Psalm 84:9
See our shield, O God,
And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].
Psalm 110:3
Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.
Jeremiah 16:19
[Then said Jeremiah] “O Lord, my Strength and my Stronghold,
And my Refuge in the day of distress and need,
The nations will come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
‘Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies and illusion,
[Worthless] things in which there is no benefit!’