God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
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God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
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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.
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The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my saviour, Thou savest me from violence.
Cross-references (43)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 9:9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
- Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Proverbs 18:10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- Psalms 18:2 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.
- Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
- Genesis 15:1 After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
- Deuteronomy 33:29 You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves to you. You will tread on their high places.”
- Psalms 46:11 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
- Psalms 115:9-11 Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
- Psalms 144:2 my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
- Psalms 14:6 You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.
- Psalms 59:16 But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
- Luke 1:69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
- Hebrews 2:13 Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”
- Psalms 46:7 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
- Psalms 55:9 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Psalms 86:14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.
- Psalms 140:4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
- Isaiah 32:2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
- Jeremiah 16:19 Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
- Deuteronomy 32:37 He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge;
- 1 Samuel 2:1 Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
- 2 Samuel 22:49 who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
- 2 Samuel 22:51 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.”
- Psalms 3:3 But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
- Psalms 5:12 For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.
- Psalms 27:5 For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
- Psalms 28:7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
- Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 61:3 For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
- Psalms 71:7 I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
- Psalms 72:14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
- Psalms 84:9 Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
- Psalms 84:11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- Psalms 140:1 Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man:
- Psalms 140:11 An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Luke 1:71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
- Psalms 32:7 You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.
- Isaiah 45:21 Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.
- Jeremiah 16:9 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
- Luke 1:47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
- Titus 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,
- Titus 3:6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, rock.
Or, rock.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I will call on the Lord, who is worthy…
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. See Gill on Psa 18:3.
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2 Samuel 22:5
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sa2 22:5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. See Gill on Psa 18:4.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. God of my rock — My rock, God;…
3. God of my rock — My rock, God; that is, God, who is to me a rock of defence and security.
Horn of my salvation — An allusion to the power of those animals whose horn is their great weapon of defence. So both shield and horn represent Jehovah as the mighty Defender. Compare the imagery of Hannah’s song. 1Sa_2:1-2.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. The God of my rock] = my strong…
3. The God of my rock] = my strong God: but it is better to alter the vowel points and read as in the Ps., “my God, my Rock.” The title Rock is frequently used to describe the strength, faithfulness, and unchangeableness of God. See Deu_32:4; Deu_32:37; 1Sa_2:2; Psa_28:1, &c.
in him will I trust] Better, in whom I take refuge: carrying on the metaphor of a hiding-place in the rocks. Quoted in Heb_2:13; cp. Psa_94:22.
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my shield] Compare God’s promise to Abram (Gen_15:1); and Deu_33:29.
the horn of my salvation] The Power which saves and delivers me. The figure of the horn, as a symbol of victorious strength, is derived from horned animals. Cp. Deu_33:17; Luk_1:69.
and my refuge, &c.] The words, “and my retreat, my saviour, thou savest me from violence,” are omitted in Psalms 18.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) The God of my rock.—In the psalm, “My…
(3) The God of my rock.—In the psalm, “My God, my rock” (margin). The two expressions of the psalm are here united in one, and the recurrence of the similar expression in 2Sa_22:47 (but not in the psalm) indicates that this was intentional.
And my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.—These words are omitted from the psalm, being compensated in part by the opening line there.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Psa 2:12").
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David's song to Yahweh continues. He uses parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: Parallelism)
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God is my rock ... He is my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold
All of these metaphors are symbols of God's strength and power. They emphasize God's ability to protect and save his people. (See: Metaphor)
who is worthy to be praised
This can be stated in active form. AT: "who is worthy to receive praise" (See: Active or Passive)
I will be saved from my enemies
This can be stated in active form. AT: "he will save me from my enemies" (See: Active or Passive)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:3 The phrase the power that saves me (literally…
22:3 The phrase the power that saves me (literally the horn that has saved me) is similar to Hannah’s “the Lord has made me strong!,” (literally the Lord has exalted my horn, 1 Sam 2:1).
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