Psalm 18:2 Great Song Parallel Verses New International Version The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. New Living Translation The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. English Standard Version The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. New American Standard Bible The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. King James Bible The 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my mountain where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. International Standard Version The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower. NET Bible The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And my trust, the house of my refuge, my Mighty Deliverer, God, The Mighty One, upon whom I trust, my helper and the horn of my salvation, the house of my glorious refuge. GODS WORD® Translation The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my Savior, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the strength of my salvation, my stronghold. Jubilee Bible 2000 The 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. King James 2000 Bible The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. American King James Version The 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. American Standard Version Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support. Darby Bible Translation Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. English Revised Version The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strong rock, in him will I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. Websters Bible Translation The 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. World English Bible Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. Youngs Literal Translation Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower. Parallel Commentaries Matthew Henrys Concise Commentary 18:1-19 The first words, I will love thee, O Lord, my strength, are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did, we shall speed as he did. Gods manifestation of his presence is very fully described, ver. 7-15. Little appeared of man, but much of God, in these deliverances. It is not possible to apply to the history of the son of Jesse those awful, majestic, and stupendous words which are used through this description of the Divine manifestation. Every part of so solemn a scene of terrors tells us, a greater than David is here. God will not only deliver his people out of their troubles in due time, but he will bear them up under their troubles in the mean time. Can we meditate on ver. 18, without directing one thought to Gethsemane and Calvary? Can we forget that it was in the hour of Christs deepest calamity, when Judas betrayed, when his friends forsook, when the multitude derided him, and the smiles of his Fathers love were withheld, that the powers of darkness prevented him? The sorrows of death surrounded him, in his distress he prayed, Heb 5:7. God made the earth to shake and tremble, and the rocks to cleave, and brought him out, in his resurrection, because he delighted in him and in his undertaking. Pulpit Commentary Verse 2. - The Lord is my Rock; or, my Cliff - my Sela - an expression used commonly of Petra. And my Fortress (comp. Psalm 144:2). Not only a natural stronghold, but one made additionally strong by art. And my Deliverer. A living Protector, not a mere inanimate defence. My God, my Strength; rather, my Rock, as the same word (tsur) is translated in Exodus 17:6; Exodus 33:21, 22; Deuteronomy 32:4, 15, 18, 31; 1 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 23:3; Isaiah 26:4. It is the word from which the strong city, Tyro, derived its. name. In whom I will trust (comp. Dent. 32:37). My Buckler (comp. Genesis 15:1, where God announced himself as Abrahams Shield; and see also Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 3:2; Psalm 5:12; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 119:114; Psalm 144:2). The Horn also of my salvation (comp. Luke 1:69). The horn is the emblem at once of strength and of dignity. A horn of salvation is a source of excellency and might, whence salvation or deliverance comes to those who trust in it. And my high Tower (comp. Psalm 9:9, with the comment ad loc.). It is remarked that God, in this passage, receives seven epithets, the mystic number which in sacred things symbolizes perfection (Delitzsch). Gills Exposition of the Entire Bible The Lord is my rock,.... To whom the saints have recourse for shelter and safety, for supply, support, and divine refreshment; and in whom they are secure, and on whom they build their hopes of eternal life and happiness, and so are safe from all enemies, and from all danger. Christ is called a Rock on all these accounts, Psalm 61:2; and my fortress; or garrison; so the saints are kept in and by the power of God as in a garrison, 1 Peter 1:5; and my deliverer: out of all afflictions, and from all temptations, and out of the hands of all enemies; from a body of sin and death at last, and from wrath to come; my God; the strong and mighty One, who is able to save, and who is the covenant God and Father of his people; my strength, in whom I will trust; as Christ did, and to whom these words are applied in Hebrews 2:13; and as his people are enabled to do even under very distressing and discouraging circumstances, Job 13:15; my buckler; or shield; who protects and defends them from their enemies, and preserves them from the fiery darts of Satan; and the horn of my salvation; who pushes, scatters, and destroys their enemies, and saves them; a metaphor taken from horned beasts; so Christ, the mighty and able Saviour, is called, Luke 1:69; and my high tower; such is the name of the Lord, whither the righteous run and are safe, Proverbs 18:10; and where they are above and out of the reach of every enemy; see Isaiah 33:16; in 2 Samuel 22:3, it is added, and my refuge, my Saviour, thou savest me from violence. These various epithets show the fulness of safety in Jehovah, the various ways he has to deliver his people from their enemies, and secure them from danger; and the psalmist beholding and claiming his interest in him under all these characters, rendered him exceeding lovely and delightful to him; and each of them contain a reason why he loved him, and why, in the strength of grace, he determined to love him. God may be regarded in all these characters by Christ as man. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 2, 3. The various terms used describe God as an object of the most implicit and reliable trust. rock—literally, a cleft rock, for concealment. strength—a firm, immovable rock. horn of my salvation—The horn, as the means of attack or defense of some of the strongest animals, is a frequent emblem of power or strength efficiently exercised (compare De 33:17; Lu 1:69). tower—literally, high place, beyond reach of danger. Psalm 18:2 Additional Commentaries Context The Lord is My Rock 1For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said, I love You, O LORD, my strength. 2The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.… Cross References Luke 1:69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my fathers God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 33:21 Then the LORD said, There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. Deuteronomy 32:18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth. Psalm 18:31 For is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? Psalm 18:46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior! Psalm 19:14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 28:1 Of David. To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit. Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. Psalm 31:2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. Psalm 31:3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. Psalm 33:20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. Psalm 42:9 I say to God my Rock, Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? Psalm 59:9 You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress, Psalm 59:11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down. Psalm 144:1 Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. Psalm 144:2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Jeremiah 16:19 LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good. Treasury of Scripture The 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. Psalm 28:1 To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if … Psalm 62:2,7 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not … Isaiah 32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert … fortress Psalm 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; … Psalm 144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my … Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of … strength [Heb.] rock whom Hebrews 2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the … buckler Psalm 91:4 He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you … Proverbs 2:7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them … horn Psalm 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp … 2 Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the … high Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.
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