Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
The God
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, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine; 3 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. 4 I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.


Cross References

Genesis 15:1

After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

Psalm 9:9

The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

Luke 1:69

Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

Deuteronomy 33:29

Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.

Psalm 14:6

You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

Psalm 46:7

The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)

Psalm 46:11

The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)

Psalm 59:16

But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

Psalm 71:7

I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.

Hebrews 2:13

And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.

Deuteronomy 32:37

And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?

1 Samuel 2:1

And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.

2 Samuel 22:49

He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

2 Samuel 22:51

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

Psalm 5:12

For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.

Psalm 18:2

The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Psalm 27:5

For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

Psalm 28:7

The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

Psalm 32:7

You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

Psalm 46:1

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

Psalm 55:9

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

Psalm 61:3

For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

Psalm 72:14

He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

Psalm 84:9

O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

Psalm 84:11

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

Psalm 115:9-11

O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

Psalm 140:1

O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

Psalm 140:4

O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

Psalm 140:11

Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

Psalm 142:4

Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

Isaiah 12:2

See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

Isaiah 45:21

Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.

Jeremiah 16:9

For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.

Luke 1:47

My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

Luke 1:71

Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;

Titus 3:4

But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

Titus 3:6

Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

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