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 Saviour, from violence Thou savest me!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2and he saith: 'Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
4The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved.
Cross References
Genesis 15:1After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'
Deuteronomy 32:37And He hath said, Where [are] their gods — The rock in which they trusted;
1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayeth, and saith: 'My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation.
2 Samuel 22:51Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed — unto the age!'
Psalms 5:12For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!
Psalms 9:10They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.
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 →