The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
- BSB The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- NKJV The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.
- NASB The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.
- NLT The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.
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Quick answer
The Lord is the psalmist's strength, song, and salvation. It matters because God himself is the source of both our power and our praise.
Overview
Echoing the Song of Moses (Ex. 15:2) and Isaiah 12:2, this confession names God as strength, song, and salvation. Deliverance turns to joyful worship. The verse ties the Exodus rescue to the psalmist's experience and ultimately to Christ, in whom God's saving song reaches its climax.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Ps 18:2The 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 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Exod 15:2–6The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Matt 1:21–23And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
- Isa 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
- Isa 45:22–25Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
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Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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