Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.

New American Standard Bible

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge;
My savior, You save me from violence.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

my God, my mountain where I seek refuge.
My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge,
and my Savior, You save me from violence.

International Standard Version

He is my God, my strong stone in him I will find my refuge my shield, the strength of my salvation, my high tower, my way of escape, and the one who is saving me. You will save me from violence.

American Standard Version

God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.

Amplified


My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge,
My Savior—You save me from violence.

Bible in Basic English

My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.

Darby Translation

God is my rock, in him will I trust My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge, My saviour: thou wilt save me from violence.

Julia Smith Translation

The God of my rock; I will trust in him: My shield and the horn of my salvation, my height and my refuge; My saviour; thou wilt save me from violence.

King James 2000

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 savior; you save me from violence.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I take refuge in God, my rock, my shield, and the {strength} of my salvation. My stronghold and my refuge, O my savior, you will save me from violence!

Modern King James verseion

The God who is my Rock, in Him will I trust. He is my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower, and my Refuge, my Savior. You save me from violence.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.

NET Bible

My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!

New Heart English Bible

God, my Rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

The Emphasized Bible

My God, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, - My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My Saviour! from violence, thou didst save me.

Webster

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 preserver; thou savest me from violence.

World English Bible

God, my rock, in him I will take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

Youngs Literal Translation

My God is my rock -- I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of my rock
צר צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 76

in him will I trust
חסה 
Chacah 
to trust, to make a refuge, have hope
Usage: 37

he is my shield
מגנּה מגן 
Magen 
Usage: 63

and the horn
קרן 
Qeren 
Usage: 76

of my salvation
ישׁע ישׁע 
Yesha` 
Usage: 36

my high tower
משׂגּב 
Misgab 
Usage: 17

and my refuge
מנוס 
manowc 
Usage: 8

my saviour
ישׁע 
Yasha` 
Usage: 205

thou savest
ישׁע 
Yasha` 
Usage: 205

Devotionals

Devotionals about 2 Samuel 22:3

References

Images 2 Samuel 22:3

Prayers for 2 Samuel 22:3

Context Readings

The Victory Song Of David

2 And he said, LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine. 3 God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence. 4 I will call upon LORD, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.

Cross References

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield, thy exceedingly great reward.

Psalm 9:9

LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.

Luke 1:69

And he raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his boy David,

Deuteronomy 33:29

Happy are thou, O Israel. Who is like thee, a people saved by LORD, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee, and thou shall tread upon their high places.

Psalm 14:6

Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor because LORD is his refuge.

Psalm 46:7

LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 46:11

LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 59:16

But I will sing of thy strength. Yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving kindness in the morning. For thou have been my high tower, and a refuge in the day of my distress.

Psalm 71:7

I am as a speculate to many, but thou are my strong refuge.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of LORD is a strong tower. A righteous man runs into it, and is safe.

Hebrews 2:13

And again, I will be a man who has trusted in him. And again, Behold, I and the children that God has given me.

Deuteronomy 32:37

And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

1 Samuel 2:1

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exults in LORD. My horn is exalted in LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation.

2 Samuel 22:49

and who brings me forth from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.

2 Samuel 22:51

He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

Psalm 3:3

But thou, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and he who lifts up of my head.

Psalm 5:12

For thou will bless the righteous man, O LORD. Thou will encompass him with favor as with a shield. Selah.

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 27:5

For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up upon a rock.

Psalm 28:7

LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.

Psalm 32:7

Thou are my hiding-place. Thou will preserve me from trouble. Thou will encompass me around with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 55:9

Destroy, O LORD, divide their tongue, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 61:3

For thou have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

Psalm 72:14

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. And their blood will be precious in his sight,

Psalm 84:9

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Psalm 84:11

For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 86:14

O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.

Psalm 115:9-11

O Israel, trust thou in LORD. He is their help and their shield.

Psalm 140:1

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man,

Psalm 140:4

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of a wicked man. Preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

Psalm 140:11

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalm 142:4

Look on [my] right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.

Psalm 144:2

my loving kindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 12:2

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid, for LORD, [even] LORD, is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation.

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.

Isaiah 45:21

Declare ye, and bring [it] forth. Yea, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Have not I, LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is none

Jeremiah 16:9

For thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the brid

Jeremiah 16:19

O LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to thee the nations shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, [even] vanity and things in whic

Luke 1:47

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

Luke 1:71

salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us,

Titus 3:4

But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared,

Titus 3:6

which he poured out upon us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior.

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