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title: "Wesley"
description: "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. Subdued — Who hath disp"
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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.
*Subdued* — Who hath disposed my peoples hearts to receive and obey me as their king.

Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
*Come* — To help me.
*Smoke* — As Sinai did at thy glorious appearance, [Exodus 19:18](../../../kjv/exodus/19/18). This is a figurative and poetical description of God's coming to take vengeance upon his enemies.

Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
*Strange children* — Either of the Heathen nations: or of the rebellious Israelites.

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
*Vanity* — Vain brags and threatenings which shall come to nothing.
*Falsehood* — Deceiving themselves, by being unable to do what they designed; and others, by not giving them that help which they promised.

That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
*That* — This mercy I beg not only for my own sake, but for the sake of thy people, that they may enjoy those blessings which thou hast promised them; and particularly, that our sons, who are the strength and hopes of a nation, may be like plants, flourishing and growing in height and strength, as plants do in their youth; for when they grow old, they wither and decay.
*Cornerstone* — Strong and beautiful.

That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
*Breaking in* — Of enemies invading the land, or assaulting our cities, and making breaches in their walls.
*Going out* — Of our people, either out of the cities to fight with an invading enemy: or out of the land into captivity.

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