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Yahweh 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.
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A Complete Suit of Armor
Commentators note that David heaps up many titles for God (rock, fortress, shield) to show that His protection is all-encompassing. John Calvin describes this as a 'complete suit of armor,' defending against every type of danger from every direction. This encourages believers to trust that God's power in one area of life demonstrates His ability to help in all others, leaving no part of our lives unprotected.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord is my rock - The idea in this expression, and in the subsequent parts of the description, is that the psalmist owed his safety enti…
19th Century
Anglican
Rock. —It is better here to use cliff, keeping “rock” for the next clause. In the first figure the ideas of height and sh…
Baptist
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
"My rock in which I hide; my fortress in which I am secure; my deliverer wh…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jehovah is my rock, etc. When David thus heaps together many titles with which to honor God, it is not a useless or unnecessary accumulati…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord [is] my rock To whom the saints have recourse for shelter and safety, for supply, support, and divine refre…
The first words, "I will love you, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm (Psalms 18:1). Those who trul…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the previous psalm (Psalms 16), the psalmist made a petition, praying to be delivered from his enemies; here he gives than…
