KJV King James Version
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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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
ASV American Standard Version
God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My God is my rock—I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me!
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 22
1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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.
4 I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֱלֹהֵ֥יH430 · e.lo.himGodצוּרִ֖יH6697 · tsurRocks (of Goats)אֶחֱסֶה־H2620 · cha.sahto seek refugeבּ֑וֹH9033 · ohimמָגִנִּ֞יH4043 · ma.genshieldוְקֶ֣רֶןH7161 · qe.renhornיִשְׁעִ֗יH3468 · ye.sahsalvationמִשְׂגַּבִּי֙H4869 · mis.gavhigh refugeוּמְנוּסִ֔יH4498 · ma.nosrefugeמֹשִׁעִ֕יH3467 · ya.sahto saveמֵחָמָ֖סH2555 · cha.masviolenceתֹּשִׁעֵֽנִי׃H3467 · ya.sahto save
Cross-references
Psalm 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.Isaiah 12:2Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.Psalm 18:2The 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.Proverbs 30:5Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.Psalm 115:9-11O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.Deuteronomy 33:29Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.Psalm 46:11The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.Psalm 144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.Hebrews 2:13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.Psalm 14:6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge.Luke 1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;Psalm 59:16But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.Psalm 140:4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.Psalm 46:7The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.Psalm 55:9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.Jeremiah 16:19O 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.
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