He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved.
Parallel translations
- WEB He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
- KJV He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
- BSB He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- NASB He alone is my rock and my salvation, My refuge; I will not be shaken.
- NLT He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken.
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Quick answer
David repeats that God alone is his rock, salvation, and fortress, so he will not be shaken. The confession grows even more settled.
Overview
David restates his confidence, now declaring simply that he will not be shaken, dropping the earlier qualifier. His assurance deepens as he rests in God. This strengthening trust shows how rehearsing God's character steadies the heart against every assault.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress — I will never be greatly shaken.
- Ps 112:6For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.
- Ps 16:8I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Prov 10:30The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
- Isa 45:17Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
- Ps 18:31–32For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
- Prov 12:7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
- Hos 1:7But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
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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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