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Psalms 94:22

But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

  • KJV King James Version

    But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    But the LORD hath been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.

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Cross-references (9)

Passages linked to Psalms 94:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 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.
  • Psalms 27:1-3 Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
  • Psalms 59:9 Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
  • Psalms 59:16-17 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. To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
  • Psalms 62:6 He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
  • Psalms 62:2 He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.
  • Isaiah 33:16 he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.
  • Psalms 9:9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.
  • Psalms 94:10 He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 22 But Jehovah has been my fortress The Psalmist…

22 But Jehovah has been my fortress The Psalmist declares, that great as were the extremities to which he had been reduced, he had found sufficient help in the single protection of God; thus passing a new commendation upon his power, which had been such as alone, and unaided, to put down the mightiest endeavors — all the force and the fury of his numerous enemies. He does more than say that God was a fortress, where he might hide with safety, and from the top of which he could bid defiance to every assault. Having congratulated himself upon the divine protection, he proceeds to denounce destruction upon his enemies; for it is to be considered as God’s special prerogative to make the evil which his enemies devise against his people recoil upon their own heads. The mere defeating, and frustrating their attempts, would afford no inconsiderable display of divine justice; but the judgment of God is far more marvellously manifested when they fall into the pit which they themselves had prepared, when all the subtle plans which they have adopted for ruining the innocent end in their being destroyed by their own craftiness, and when having done their utmost, they fall by their own sword. We are slow to believe that this shall be the issue, and accordingly it is said twice — he shall cut them off — the Lord our God shall cut them off It may be noticed also, that the Psalmist in using the expression our God, holds out a ground of encouragement to the faithful, reminding us of what he had said above, that God will not forget his own inheritance, even his people whom he has brought unto the faith of himself.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the Lord is my defence,.... The defence of…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. The rock of my refuge.] Alluding to…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain But the Lord is my defense ... - In…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22, 23. The R.V. renders, But the Lord hath…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But the Lord is my Defence; and my God…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 22. Let the wicked gather as they may,…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Yahweh has been my high tower

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