Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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, - Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer - mine; 3 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. 4 As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh, - And, from my foes, was I saved.

Cross References

Genesis 15:1

After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying, - Do not fear Abram, am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward.

Psalm 9:9

Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution:

Luke 1:69

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, In the house of David his servant:

Deuteronomy 33:29

How happy art thou, O Israel! Who is like unto thee, O people victorious in Yahweh? Thy helpful shield, who also is thy majestic sword, - So that thy foes come cringing unto thee, And, thou, upon their heights, dost march along.

Psalm 14:6

The purpose of the poor, ye would put to shame, because, Yahweh, is his refuge.

Psalm 46:7

Yahweh of hosts, is with us, A high tower for us, is the God of Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 59:16

But, I, will sing thy power, And will shout aloud, in the morning, thy lovingkindness, - For thou has become a refuge for me, And a place to flee to in the day of my distress.

Psalm 71:7

A very wonder, have I been unto many, Seeing that, thou, hast been my strong refuge,

Proverbs 18:10

A tower of strength, is the Name of Yahweh, thereinto, runneth the righteous, and is safe.

Hebrews 2:13

and again - I, will be confident upon him; and again - Lo! I, and the children which, unto me, God, hath given.

Deuteronomy 32:37

Then will he say, Where are their gods, The rock in whom they have trusted;

1 Samuel 2:1

Then prayed Hannah, and said, My heart hath leaped for joy in Yahweh, My horn is exalted in Yahweh, My mouth is opened wide, o'er my foes, Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

2 Samuel 22:49

And brought me forth from among my foes, - yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, from the man of violence, hast thou delivered me.

2 Samuel 22:51

Who hath made great the victories of his King, - and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, to David and to his Seed, unto times age-abiding.

Psalm 3:3

But, thou, Yahweh, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Psalm 5:12

For, thou, wilt bless the righteous man, O Yahweh, As with an all-covering shield - with good pleasure, wilt thou encompass him.

Psalm 18:2

Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.

Psalm 27:5

For he will hide me in his pavilion, in the day of calamity, - He will conceal me, in the secrecy of his tent, Within a rock, will he set me on high.

Psalm 28:7

Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help, - Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him.

Psalm 32:7

Thou, art a hiding-place for me, From distress, wilt thou preserve me, - With shouts of deliverance, wilt thou compass me about. Selah.

Psalm 46:1

God - for us, is a refuge and strength, A help in distresses, soon found.

Psalm 55:9

Confuse, O My Lord, divide their speech, For I have seen violence and contention in the city;

Psalm 61:3

For thou hast been, A Refuge to me, A Tower of Strength, from the face of the foe.

Psalm 72:14

From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their flood in his sight.

Psalm 84:9

Our Shield, behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One.

Psalm 84:11

For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God, - Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.

Psalm 86:14

O God, the insolent, have arisen against me, And, the assembly of tyrants, have sought my life, And have not set thee before them.

Psalm 115:9-11

O Israel! trust thou in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he!

Psalm 140:1

Rescue me, O Yahweh, from the men of mischief, From the men of violence, wilt thou preserve me:

Psalm 140:4

Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the lawless one, From the man of violence, wilt thou preserve me, - who have devised, to thrust at my steps:

Psalm 140:11

As for the slanderer, let him not be established in the earth, - As for the man of wrongful violence, let misfortune hunt him with thrust upon thrust.

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard, - Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.

Psalm 144:2

My lovingkindness and my stronghold, my high tower and my deliverer - mine! My buckler, and he in whom I have sought refuge, - He that subdueth my people under me.

Proverbs 30:5

Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.

Isaiah 12:2

Lo, GOD is my salvation! I will trust and not dread, - For, my might and melody, is Yah, Yahweh, And he hath become mine, by salvation.

Isaiah 32:2

So shall each one become As a hiding-place from the wind And a covert from the storm, - As channels of water ill a dry place, As the shadow of a massive cliff in a weary land.

Isaiah 45:21

Tell ye - and bring near, Yea let them take counsel, together, - Who let this be known aforetime. In time past, declared it? Was it not, I - Yahweh? And there is none else that is God besides me, A GOD, righteous and ready to save, There is none, besides me!

Jeremiah 16:9

For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! causing to cease out of this place, Before your eyes, And in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride,

Jeremiah 16:19

O Yahweh, my strength, and my refuge, and my place to fly to, in the day of distress, - Unto thee, shall nations come in, out of the ends of the earth, that they may say - Surely! Falsehood, did our fathers inherit, Vanity, among whom is none that can profit:

Luke 1:47

And my spirit hath exulted upon God my saviour;

Luke 1:71

Of salvation from among our foes, and out of the hand of all them that hate us:

Titus 3:4

But, when, the graciousness and affection for man of our Saviour God, shone forth,

Titus 3:6

Which he poured on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,

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