Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be greatly moved.

New American Standard Bible

He only is my rock and my salvation,
My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

King James Version

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Holman Bible

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

International Standard Version

He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.

American Standard Version

He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

Amplified


He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.

Bible in Basic English

He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

Darby Translation

He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.

Julia Smith Translation

Surely he my rock and my salvation, my height; I shall not be greatly moved.

King James 2000

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my [high] stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

Modern King James verseion

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense, so that I shall not greatly fall.

NET Bible

He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

New Heart English Bible

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress?I will never be greatly shaken.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, he, is my rock and my salvation, My high tower - I shall not be greatly shaken!

Webster

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

World English Bible

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress -- I will never be greatly shaken.

Youngs Literal Translation

Only -- He is my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Trust In God Alone

1 My soul waits in silence for God only. From him [is] my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be greatly moved. 3 How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may kill, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?


Cross References

Psalm 18:2

LORD 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.

Psalm 59:17

To thee, O my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

Psalm 62:6

He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be moved.

Deuteronomy 32:30-31

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight unless their Rock had sold them, and LORD had delivered them up?

Psalm 21:1

The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD. And in thy salvation how greatly he shall rejoice!

Psalm 27:1

LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? LORD is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 37:24

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for LORD upholds him with his hand.

Psalm 59:9

O my strength, I will give heed to thee, for God is my high tower.

Psalm 73:25-26

Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

Psalm 89:26

He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust ye in LORD forever, for in LORD, [even] LORD, is an everlasting rock.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Micah 7:8-9

Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, LORD will be a light to me.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing,

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