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Psalms 118:14
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks after surviving near-certain defeat in Psalms 118:13, shifting focus to the collective response as shouts of joy and salvation fill the tents of the righteous in Psalms 118:15.
The words — עָזִּ֣/י ('a.Z/i) supplies "my might" and וְ/זִמְרָ֣ת (ve./zim.Rat) supplies "and song" from the provided lexical data. The text directly names Yahweh as these qualities before stating He "has become" (וַֽ/יְהִי־) "salvation" (לִֽ/ישׁוּעָֽה).
The thread — This confession mirrors the structure of Exodus 15:2, Psalms 18:2, and Isaiah 12:2, which pair divine strength, song, and salvation in identical sequence.
Why it lands — The verse requires acknowledging Yahweh as the immediate source of personal survival, treating salvation as a present possession rather than a distant promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Psalms 18:2 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.
- Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Psalms 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
- Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Isaiah 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.