2 Samuel 22:2
New International Version
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

New Living Translation
He sang: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;

English Standard Version
He said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

Berean Standard Bible
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

King James Bible
And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

New King James Version
And he said: “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

New American Standard Bible
He said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

NASB 1995
He said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

NASB 1977
And he said, “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

Legacy Standard Bible
He said, “Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

Amplified Bible
He said: “The LORD is my rock and my fortress [on the mountain] and my rescuer;

Christian Standard Bible
He said: The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He said: The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,

American Standard Version
and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said: “I shall love you LORD JEHOVAH, my power, and my trust, LORD JEHOVAH my strength, and the house of my refuge and my Deliverer!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD and our God, you are my mighty rock, my fortress, my protector.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.

English Revised Version
and he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He said, The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my Savior,

Good News Translation
The LORD is my protector; he is my strong fortress.

International Standard Version
This is what he said: LORD, you are my stone stronghold and my fortified place; you are continuously delivering me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

Literal Standard Version
and he says: “YHWH [is] my rock, | And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,

Majority Standard Bible
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

New American Bible
He said: O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer,

NET Bible
He said: "The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

New Revised Standard Version
He said: The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,

New Heart English Bible
and he said, "The LORD is my Rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

World English Bible
and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith: 'Jehovah is my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David's Song of Deliverance
1And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. 3My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 23:25
and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.

1 Samuel 24:2
So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

2 Samuel 22:32
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

2 Samuel 22:33
God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.

2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, 'He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

Psalm 31:3
For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

Psalm 71:3
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.


Treasury of Scripture

And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

1 Samuel 2:2
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

Psalm 18:2
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.

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2 Samuel 22
1. David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings














(2) He said.--The psalm here wants the opening line of Psalms 18, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," forming a fitting introduction to the whole.

Verses 2-4. -

Jehovah is my Cliff and my Stronghold and my Deliverer:
The God of my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My Shield and the Horn of my salvation,
My Fastness and my Place of refuge:
My Saviour: thou savest me from violence.
I call upon Jehovah, the praised One,
And I am saved from my enemies."
The Syriac in ver. 2 inserts, "Fervently do I love thee, Jehovah my Strength;" but it probably only borrows the words from Psalm 18:1. For we may well believe that it was at a later period of his life, after deeper and more heart searching trials, that David thus felt his love to Jehovah only strengthened and made more necessary to him by the loss of his earthly happiness. In ver. 3, The God of my rock is changed in Psalm 18:2 into "My God my Rock" (Authorized Version, "strength") - probably an intentional alteration, as being far less rugged and startling than this bold metaphor of the Deity being his rock's God. In the original the words present each its distinct idea. Thus in ver. 2 the rock is a high cliff or precipice. It is the word sela, which gave its name to the crag city of Idumea. Fortress really means a rock, difficult of access, and forming a secure retreat. It is entirely a natural formation, and not a building. In ver. 3 rock is a vast mountainous mass (Job 18:4), and, as it suggests the ideas of grandeur and immovable might, it is often used for God's glory as being the Strength and Protection of his people (Deuteronomy 32:15, 31; Isaiah 30:29, margin). Next follow two ordinary metaphors, the shield for defence, and the horn for attack; after which David, who had so often sought safety among the cliffs and fastnesses of the mountains, returns to the same circle of thoughts, and calls God his High Tower, the word signifying, not a building, but a height, a lofty natural stronghold; and finally his Refuge, a place of safe retreat among the mountains. This and the rest of the verse are omitted in Psalm 18:2. In ver. 4 the words are as literally translated above, and signify, "Whenever call, I am saved." In all times of difficulty, prayer brings immediate deliverance.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He said:
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“The LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is my rock,
סַֽלְעִ֥י (sal·‘î)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5553: A craggy rock

my fortress,
וּמְצֻדָתִ֖י (ū·mə·ṣu·ḏā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4686: A net, capture, a fastness

and my deliverer.
וּמְפַלְטִי־ (ū·mə·p̄al·ṭî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6403: To slip out, escape, to deliver


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OT History: 2 Samuel 22:2 And he said Yahweh is my rock (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam)
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