Psalms 18:2
1 I love You, O LORD, my strength.
The 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.
3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The 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.
- KJV
- The 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.
- WEB
- The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- ASV
- Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- DARBY
- Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- BLB
- YHWH [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. My God [is] my rock—I take refuge in Him—my protection, and the horn of my salvation, my high place.
- ÅB
- Herren er min klippe og min festning og min frelser;
min Gud er min klippe, som jeg setter min lit til,
mitt skjold og min frelses horn, min borg. - OTB
- Herren er min klippe og min festning og min frelser,
Min Gud, min klippe som jeg tar min tilflukt til;
Min skjold og min frelses horn, min borg. - B1930
- Herren er min klippe og min festning og min frelser; min Gud er min klippe, som jeg setter min lit til, mitt skjold og min frelses horn, min borg.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 144:2
He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
Read in contextPsalms 62:7
My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
Read in contextProverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Read in contextPsalms 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Read in contextPsalms 91:2
I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Read in contextPsalms 62:2
He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
Read in context2 Samuel 22:3
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
Read in contextJeremiah 16:19
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
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