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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV My lovingkindness and my fortress, My high tower and my deliverer, My shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
- NASB My faithfulness and my fortress, My stronghold and my savior, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
- NLT He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.
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Quick answer
David piles up titles for God, his lovingkindness, fortress, tower, deliverer, shield, and refuge, who subdues the people under him. It celebrates God as his all-sufficient protector and king-maker.
Overview
In a cascade of images, David confesses that God is everything to him for defense and rescue, and the one who establishes his rule. Such trust rests entirely on God rather than on military might. These titles ultimately point to God in Christ, the believer's refuge and the King who subdues all enemies under His feet (1 Corinthians 15:25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 2 Sam 22:2–3And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
- Ps 91:2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Ps 59:9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
- Ps 84:9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
- Jer 16:19O LORD, 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.
- Ps 18:47It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
- Ps 110:3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
- 2 Sam 22:40–48For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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