2 Samuel 22:3
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 Savior, You save me from violence!
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In Context
2and he says: “YHWH [is] my rock, || And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
4I call on YHWH, [who is worthy] to be praised: And I am saved from my enemies.
Cross References
Genesis 15:1After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great.”
Deuteronomy 32:37And He has said, Where [are] their gods—The rock in which they trusted?
1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prays and says: “My heart has exulted in YHWH, || My horn has been high in YHWH, || My mouth has been large over my enemies, || For I have rejoiced in Your salvation.
2 Samuel 22:51Magnifying the salvations of His king, || And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, || To David, and to his seed—for all time!”
Psalms 5:12For You bless the righteous, O YHWH, || Surrounding him with favor as a buckler!
Psalms 9:10They trust in You who know Your Name, || For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 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: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →