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2 Samuel 22

2 Sam. 22:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is my rock
cela` (Hebrew #5553)
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
KJV usage: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
Pronounce: seh'-lah
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lofty
a, and my fortress
matsuwd (Hebrew #4686)
or (feminine) mtsuwdah {mets-oo-daw'}; or mtsudah {mets-oo-daw'}; for 4685; a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastness; --castle, defense, fort(-ress), (strong) hold, be hunted, net, snare, strong place.
Pronounce: maw-tsood'
b, and my deliverer
palat (Hebrew #6403)
to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver
KJV usage: calve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.
Pronounce: paw-lat'
Origin: a primitive root
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Deut. 32:4• 4He is the Rock, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)
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Psa. 91:2• 2I will say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress, my God;{HR}I will confide in him. (Psa. 91:2)

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Deut. 32:4• 4He is the Rock, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)
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1 Sam. 2:2• 2There is none holy as Jehovah:{HR}For there is none beside thee:{HR}Neither is there any rock like our God. (1 Sam. 2:2)
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Psa. 18:2‑50• 2Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge.
 3Worthy to be praised will I call Jehovah,{HR}And from mine enemies shall I be delivered.
 4Pains of death encompassed me,{HR}And streams of wickedness terrify me.
 5Pains of Sheol surrounded me,{HR}Snares of death fell upon me.
 6In my distress I call upon Jehovah,{HR}And unto my God do I cry for help;{HR}From his temple heareth he my voice,{HR}And my supplication before him cometh into his ears.
 7Then the earth shaketh and trembleth,{HR}And the foundations of mountains are moved;{HR}They are shaken because he was angry.
 8There went up a smoke in his anger,{HR}And fire from his mouth devoureth;{HR}Coals were kindled by it.
 9And he boweth the heavens and cometh down,{HR}And darkness [is] under his feet.
 10And he rideth upon a cherub and flieth,{HR}Yea, he flieth upon the wings of the wind.
 11He maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies.
 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away:{HR}Hail, and coals of fire.
 13And Jehovah thundereth in the heavens,{HR}And the Most High giveth his voice;{HR}Hail and coals of fire.
 14And he sendeth his arrows and scattereth them,{HR}And lightnings in abundance,{HR}And discomfiteth them.
 15And the channels of waters are seen,{HR}And the foundations of the world are made bare through thy rebuke,{HR}O Jehovah, through the breath of the wind of thy wrath,
 16He sendeth from on high, he taketh me,{HR}He draweth me out of great waters.
 17He delivereth me from my strong enemies and from my haters,{HR}For they were stronger than I.
 18They fell upon me in the day of my trouble;{HR}But Jehovah was for a stay to me.
 19And he bringeth me forth into the wide place;{HR}He delivereth me because he delighted in me.
 20Jehovah recompenseth me according to my righteousness;{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands he requiteth me.
 21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah{HR}And have not acted wickedly against my God.
 22For all his judgments [are] before me,{HR}And his statutes I will not put away from me.
 23And I am upright before him{HR}And keep myself from mine iniquity.
 24And Jehovah requiteth me according to my righteousness,{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
 25With the merciful thou showest thyself merciful,{HR}With the upright man thou showest thyself upright.
 26With the pure thou showest thyself pure,{HR}And with the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.
 27For thou savest an afflicted people,{HR}And lofty eyes thou bringest down.
 28For thou lightest my lamp;{HR}Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.
 29For by thee I run [through] a troop,{HR}And by my God I leap [over] a wall.
 30[As for] God, his way [is] perfect;{HR}The word of Jehovah [is] tried;{HR}A shield [is] he to all those who trust in him.
 31For who [is] God besides Jehovah?{HR}And who [is] a rock except our God?
 32[It is] God that girdeth me with strength,{HR}And he maketh my way perfect.
 33He maketh my feet like hinds;{HR}And upon my high places he causeth me to stand,
 34Instructing my hands for the war;{HR}And a bow of brass is bent [by] mine arms.
 35And thou givest unto me a shield, thy salvation;{HR}And thy right hand upholdeth me,{HR}And thy meekness maketh me great.
 36Thou enlargest my steps under me,{HR}And my ancles have not slipped.
 37I pursue mine enemies and overtake them,{HR}And I turn not back until they are destroyed.
 38I break them in pieces and they are not able to rise;{HR}They fall under my feet.
 39And thou girdest me with strength for the battle,{HR}Thou causest to bow down under me those that rise up against me.
 40And mine enemies, thou turnest their back to me;{HR}And my haters—I will destroy them.
 41They cry for help, but there is no deliverer—{HR}Unto Jehovah, but be answereth them not.
 42And I bruise them as dust before the wind,{HR}And as mire of the streets I pour them out.
 43Thou deliverest me from the strivings of the people;{HR}Thou placest me at the head of Gentiles:{HR}A people that I have not known serve me.
 44At the hearing of the ear they show themselves obedient to me;{HR}Sons of a stranger feign submission to me.
 45Sons of a stranger fade away,{HR}And they tremble out of their enclosed places.
 46Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my rock{HR}And exalted the God of my salvation,
 47The God who giveth revenges unto me{HR}And subdueth peoples under me,
 48My deliverer from mine enemies yea,{HR}Thou liftest me up from among those who rise up against me,{HR}From a man of violence thou deliverest me.
 49Therefore I give thanks to thee among the Gentiles,{HR}O Jehovah, and to thy name I sing praises,
 50That maketh great the deliverances of his king{HR}And showeth kindness to his anointed,{HR}To David and to his seed forever. (Psa. 18:2‑50)
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Psa. 31:3• 3For thou [art] my rock and my fortress,{HR}And for thy name's sake thou guidest and leadest me. (Psa. 31:3)
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Psa. 42:9• 9I will say unto God my rock,{HR}Why hast thou forgotten me?{HR}Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? (Psa. 42:9)
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Psa. 71:3• 3Be to me a rock of dwelling for continual resort;{HR}Thou hast commanded to save me;{HR}For my rock (crag) and my fortress [art] thou. (Psa. 71:3)
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Psa. 91:2• 2I will say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress, my God;{HR}I will confide in him. (Psa. 91:2)
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Psa. 144:2• 2My mercy and my fortress, my high place,{HR}And my deliverer for me;{HR}My shield and he in whom I trust,{HR}The subduer of my people under me. (Psa. 144:2)
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Matt. 16:18• 18And I also, I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, Jehovah is my rockf, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

JND Translation Notes

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High rock.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he said,{HR}Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;{HR}

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)