Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
- BSB The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
- NKJV “The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation!
- NASB “The Lord lives, and blessed be my Rock; And exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,
- NLT “The Lord lives! Praise to my Rock! May God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted!
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Cross-references · 5
- Ps 89:26He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’
- 2 Sam 22:3God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
- Job 19:25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
- Deut 32:39–40“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
- Luke 1:47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
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