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my loyal loveחַסְדִּיand my fortress,וּמְצוּדָתִיmy high refugeמִשְׂגַּבִּיand the one who brings me to safety,וּמְפַלְטִי לִיmy shield,מָגִנִּיand in himוּבוֹI take refuge,חָסִיתִיwho subduesהָרוֹדֵדmy peopleעַמִּיunder me.תַחְתָּי
Psalms 144:2
Study it in the app“my loyal love and my fortress, my high refuge and the one who brings me to safety, my shield, and in him I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 144:2, word by word
- my loyal loveחַסְדִּchasdi
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasdi” appears- and my fortressמְצוּדָתִmetsudati
stronghold
A safe, fortified refuge; David calls God this.
Where else “metsudati” appears- my high refugeמִשְׂגַּבִּmisgabi
high refuge
A high, safe place that the enemy cannot reach: a height, a refuge on high. It is said of God as protection.
Where else “misgabi” appears- and the one who brings me to safetyמְפַלְטִmefalti
bring to safety
To bring someone out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “mefalti” appears- my shieldמָגִנִּmagini
protector
One who protects: YHWH, "my shield".
Where else “magini” appears- I take refugeחָסִיתִיchasiti
take refuge
Take refuge: seek shelter in someone.
Where else “chasiti” appears- who subduesרוֹדֵדroded
subdue
Bring others under one's rule.
Where else “roded” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appears
The context
1Of David. Blessed be YHWH, my Rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war;
2 · This verse (above)
3YHWH, what is a human being that you know him, the son of a mortal that you take account of him?