Authority Bulwark Deliverer Fortress Gives Goodness Hope Keeper Kind Kindness Loving Lovingkindness Mercy Peoples Refuge Rock Saviour Shield Strength Stronghold Subdues Subdueth Subduing Tower Trust Trusted
144:2 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 policy was his kingdom quiet, but by the secret grace of God.
144:2 Subdued - Who hath disposed my peoples hearts to receive and obey me as their king.
144:1-8 When men become eminent for things as to which they have had few advantages, they should be more deeply sensible that God has been their Teacher. Happy those to whom the Lord gives that noblest victory, conquest and dominion over their own spirits. A prayer for further mercy is fitly begun with a thanksgiving for former mercy. There was a special power of God, inclining the people of Israel to be subject to David; it was typical of the bringing souls into subjection to the Lord Jesus. Man's days have little substance, considering how many thoughts and cares of a never-dying soul are employed about a poor dying body. Man's life is as a shadow that passes away. In their highest earthly exaltation, believers will recollect how mean, sinful, and vile they are in themselves; thus they will be preserved from self-importance and presumption. God's time to help his people is, when they are sinking, and all other helps fail.
Authority Bulwark Deliverer Fortress Gives Goodness High Hope Keeper Kind Kindness Loving Peoples Refuge Rock Saviour Shield Strength Stronghold Subdues Subdueth Subduing Tower Trust Trusted
Authority Bulwark Deliverer Fortress Gives Goodness High Hope Keeper Kind Kindness Loving Peoples Refuge Rock Saviour Shield Strength Stronghold Subdues Subdueth Subduing Tower Trust Trusted
