My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
Parallel translations
- WEB With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- KJV In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- NKJV In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.
- NASB My salvation and my glory rest on God; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.
- NLT My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
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Quick answer
David locates his salvation, honor, strength, and refuge entirely in God. It centers every aspect of his security in the Lord.
Overview
David affirms that all he relies on, his rescue, his glory, his strength, his shelter, is found in God. Nothing of lasting worth rests in himself or in others. This comprehensive trust points to Christ, in whom believers find their salvation, honor, and refuge complete.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Ps 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Isa 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Ps 94:22But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
- 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 95:1Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
- Jer 3:23Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our 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.
- Jer 9:23–24This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- Ps 85:9Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
- Gal 6:14But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- Ps 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
- Isa 45:25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
- 1 Cor 1:30–31It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Ps 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
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