Psalms 144:2. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust;
Here are six names, or rather, five titles of God, and then an inference from them: "He in whom I trust." Oh! I know, ye people of God, you can say of Jehovah, "He is the One in whom I trust." Rely upon anyone else, and your hopes are doomed to disappointment, as a bowing wall shall he be, and as a tottering fence. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his refuge! Mind that ye stand to this, and never depart from it.
Psalms 144:2. Who subdueth my people under me.
Probably this Psalm was written after the crushing out of the great revolt under Absalom, and well might David ascribe to the divine hand his deliverance from that trial. It seemed as if the kingdom had gone from him; his ungrateful son had stolen the people’s hearts, and yet God was pleased to give him back his kingdom, and to set him upon his throne yet more firmly than before: "Who subdueth my people under me." Christian, say that it is God who subdues your troubles, God who conquers your sins, God who enlightens your darkness, God who doeth all things for you; give him all the praise for every deliverance.
Psalms 144:2. My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust;
Here are six names, or rather, five titles of God, and then an inference from them: "He in whom I trust." Oh! I know, ye people of God, you can say of Jehovah, "He is the One in whom I trust." Rely upon anyone else, and your hopes are doomed to disappointment, as a bowing wall shall he be, and as a tottering fence. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his refuge! Mind that ye stand to this, and never depart from it.
Psalms 144:2. Who subdueth my people under me.
Probably this Psalm was written after the crushing out of the great revolt under Absalom, and well might David ascribe to the divine hand his deliverance from that trial. It seemed as if the kingdom had gone from him; his ungrateful son had stolen the people’s hearts, and yet God was pleased to give him back his kingdom, and to set him upon his throne yet more firmly than before: "Who subdueth my people under me." Christian, say that it is God who subdues your troubles, God who conquers your sins, God who enlightens your darkness, God who doeth all things for you; give him all the praise for every deliverance.