Verse (Click for Chapter) 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. Berean Standard Bible 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. 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. New King James Version 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, my stronghold. New American Standard Bible The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my savior, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. NASB 1995 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. NASB 1977 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. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh 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. Amplified Bible The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me; My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold. Christian Standard Bible The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 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. 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. Contemporary English Version You are my mighty rock, my fortress, my protector, the rock where I am safe, my shield, my powerful weapon, and my place of shelter. 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. GOD'S 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. Good News Translation The LORD is my protector; he is my strong fortress. My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe. 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." Majority Standard Bible 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. 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. New Heart English Bible The LORD 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. Webster's 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYHWH [is] my rock, and my bulwark, "" And my deliverer, "" My God [is] my rock, "" I trust in Him: My shield, and the horn of my salvation, "" My high tower. Young's 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. Smith's Literal Translation Jehovah is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, I will put my trust in him; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my height. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe 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. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, my saving horn, my stronghold! New Revised Standard Version The LORD 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 stronghold. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy refuge and my deliverer is the mighty God in whom I trust; he is my helper and the horn of my salvation and my glorious refuge. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated 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. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in Him I take refuge; My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; he is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Rock1For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who 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. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength. 2The 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. 3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.… Cross References 2 Samuel 22:2-3 He said: “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, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence. Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He. Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.” Psalm 62:6-7 He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken. / My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God. Psalm 144:1-2 Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. / He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal. Psalm 91:2 I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 46:1 For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song. Psalm 59:16-17 But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. / To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion. Psalm 94:22 But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge. 2 Samuel 22:31-32 As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. / For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him. 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. Lord Psalm 28:1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Psalm 62:2,7 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved… Isaiah 32:2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. fortress Psalm 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Psalm 144:2 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. Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. strength [Heb. Hebrews 2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. buckler Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Proverbs 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. horn Psalm 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 2 Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. high Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. Jump to Previous Breastplate Buckler Bulwark Deliverer Faith Fortress High Horn Refuge Rock Salvation Saviour Shield Strength Stronghold Tower Trust WalledJump to Next Breastplate Buckler Bulwark Deliverer Faith Fortress High Horn Refuge Rock Salvation Saviour Shield Strength Stronghold Tower Trust WalledPsalm 18 1. David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessingsThe LORD is my rock The Hebrew word for "rock" is "tsur," which signifies a strong, immovable foundation. In ancient times, rocks were seen as symbols of strength and permanence. This metaphor emphasizes God's unchanging nature and His reliability as a foundation for life. In a world where circumstances are ever-changing, the believer finds stability and security in God, much like a fortress built upon a solid rock. my fortress and my deliverer my God my rock, in whom I take refuge my shield and the horn of my salvation my stronghold Fortress.--Properly, mountain castle. We have the joint figure of the lofty and precipitous cliff with the castle on its crest, a reminiscence--as, in fact, is every one in this "towering of epithets"--of scenes and events in David's early life. My God . . .--Better, my God, my rock, I trust in Him. God is here El, "the strong one." In Samuel, "God of my rock." Horn of my salvation.--The allusion seems to be not to a means of attack, like the horn of an animal, but to a mountain peak (called "horn" in all languages--so ?????, Xen. Anab. v. 6; "Cornua Parnassi," Statius, Theb. v. 532; and so in Hebrew, Isaiah 5:1, see margin), such as often afforded David a safe retreat. Render "my peak of safety." High tower.--The LXX. and Vulgate have "helper." (Comp. Psalm 9:9.) The word comes in so abruptly, that doubtless the addition in Samuel, "and my refuge, my Saviour, thou savest me from violence," was part of the original hymn, completing the rhythm. 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 Abraham's "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).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֤ה ׀ (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, וּמְצוּדָתִ֗י (ū·mə·ṣū·ḏā·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4686: A net, capture, a fastness and my deliverer. וּמְפַ֫לְטִ֥י (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 My God [is] אֵלִ֣י (’ê·lî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty my rock, צ֭וּרִי (ṣū·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge in whom I take refuge, אֶֽחֱסֶה־ (’e·ḥĕ·seh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 2620: To flee for, protection, to confide in my shield, מָֽגִנִּ֥י (mā·ḡin·nî) Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4043: A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile and the horn וְקֶֽרֶן־ (wə·qe·ren-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power of my salvation, יִ֝שְׁעִ֗י (yiš·‘î) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3468: Deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare my stronghold. מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃ (miś·gab·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4869: A secure height, retreat, stronghold Links Psalm 18:2 NIVPsalm 18:2 NLT Psalm 18:2 ESV Psalm 18:2 NASB Psalm 18:2 KJV Psalm 18:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 18:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 18:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 18:2 French Bible Psalm 18:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 18:2 Yahweh is my rock my fortress (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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