Bible Strands
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David, speaking to the LORD on the day he was delivered from all his enemies and from Saul (18:1).
The words — The verse uses two distinct Hebrew words for "rock": selaʿ (סַלְעִי, a cliff face, a sheer surface) and ṣûr (צֻרִי, a crag or peak), both suffixed "my," marking the doubling as deliberate rather than redundant.
The thread — The same cluster of images—rock, fortress, deliverer, shield—recurs in Psalms 144:2 and 62:7, and Proverbs 18:10 compresses it to "the name of the LORD is a strong tower."
Why it lands — The verse is a list of places David's security actually rests; it forces the reader to check whether their own list names the same object or substitutes something else.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
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.
- Psalms 62:7 My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- Proverbs 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 91:2 I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalms 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
- 2 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.
- Jeremiah 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.
- Isaiah 32:2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
- Psalms 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.