And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
Parallel translations
- WEB and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
- BSB He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
- NKJV And he said: “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
- NASB He said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
- NLT He sang: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
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Quick answer
David declares Yahweh his rock, fortress, and deliverer. He grounds his security entirely in God's protecting strength.
Overview
Piling up images of stability and refuge, David confesses that his safety rests not in his armies but in the LORD himself. These titles express both God's unshakable steadfastness and his active rescue. For believers, Christ is the rock on which the church is built and the deliverer who saves to the uttermost.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 18:2–50The 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.
- Ps 31:3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
- Ps 71:3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 91:2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- Deut 32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- 1 Sam 2:2There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
- Matt 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Ps 42:9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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God's covenant with David — a son whose throne and kingdom would last forever (7:12–16) — finds its yes in Jesus, the Son of David who reigns without end.
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