Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
Parallel translations
- WEB Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
- KJV Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
- NKJV Trust in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.
- NASB “Trust in the Lord forever, For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.
- NLT Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
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Quick answer
Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock. God is an unshakable foundation for unending confidence.
Overview
The call is to perpetual trust grounded in the eternal and unchanging God. The title everlasting Rock conveys stability beyond all earthly supports. Christ is revealed in Scripture as that Rock, the sure foundation on which faith may rest forever.
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Cross-references · 25
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Ps 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Ps 55:22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Ps 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
- Ps 46:1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Prov 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Isa 45:24Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
- Isa 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
- Isa 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
- Ps 125:1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
- Deut 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Isa 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
- Ps 66:7He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- 2 Chr 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
- Isa 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Deut 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
- 2 Chr 32:8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Ps 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
- Matt 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Isa 63:1Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
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