2 Samuel 22:2

This is what he sang: Yahweh, you are like a huge overhanging rock under which I can hide [MET]; you are like my fortress, and you rescue me.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

In Context

1After Yahweh had rescued David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang a song to Yahweh.

3Yahweh, you protect me; you are like a shield; you are the powerful one [MET] who saves me; you are like a place where I ◄find refuge/am safe►. You save me from those who act violently toward me.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:2There is no one who is holy like you, Yahweh. There is no other god like you. There is no one like you, our God, who can protect us as though you were putting us beneath a huge rock where we can hide from danger.

Psalms 31:3Yes, you are like my huge rock and my fort; guide me and lead me [DOU] in order that I can honor you [MTY].

Psalms 71:3Be like an overhanging rock [MET] under which I can be safe/protected; be like a strong fortress in which I am safe [DOU]. You continually command (OR, Continually command) your angels to rescue me.

Psalms 144:2He is the one who protects me; he is like a fortress [DOU] in which I am safe, he protects me like shields protect soldiers [MET], and he gives me refuge. He defeats other nations and then puts them under my power.

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