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Psalms 18:2

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.

KJV

Cæli enarrant gloriam Dei, et opera manuum ejus annuntiat firmamentum.

Vulgate

Οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν θεοῦ, ποίησιν δὲ χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγέλλει τὸ στερέωμα.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּאמַ֡ר אֶרְחָמְ/ךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה חִזְקִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
pronoun · 1×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 45×

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Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§24Such, Venerable Brethren, are the admonitions and the instructions which, by the help of God, We have thought it well, at the present moment, to offer to you on the study of Holy Scripture. It will now be your province to see that what we have said be observed and put in practice with all due reverence and exactness; that so, we may prove our gratitude to God for the communicat…
Abba John said, "I am like a man sitting under a great tree, who sees many beasts and serpents coming against him. When he cannot withstand them any longer, he runs to climb the tree and is saved. It is the same with me: I sit in my cell and I am aware of evil thoughts coming against me, and when I have no more strength against them, I take refuge in God by prayer and I am save…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 1Sam 2:2 — There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
  • 1Sam 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou
  • 2Sam 22:2 — And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
  • 2Sam 22:3 — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
  • 2Sam 22:3 — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
  • Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Deut 33:27 — The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
  • Exod 33:22 — And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
  • Gen 15:1 — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
  • Heb 2:13 — And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
  • Heb 2:13 — And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
  • Isa 26:4 — Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
  • Isa 32:2 — And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Jer 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanit
  • Job 22:25 — Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
  • Joel 3:16 — The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Is
  • Luke 1:69 — And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
  • Prov 2:7 — He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
  • Prov 18:10 — The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
  • Prov 18:10 — The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
  • Ps 3:3 — But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
  • Ps 7:1 — O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
  • Ps 9:9 — The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
  • Ps 18:30 — As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
  • Ps 18:46 — The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
  • Ps 19:14 — Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
  • Ps 20:1 — The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
  • Ps 21:7 — For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
  • Ps 25:2 — O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
  • Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 31:14 — But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
  • Ps 42:9 — I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
  • Ps 59:11 — Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
  • Ps 61:2 — From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 61:3 — For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
  • Ps 62:2 — He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 62:2 — He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
  • Ps 62:7 — In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.