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To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don`t be deaf to me; Lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
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God as Our Only Rock
Commentators explain that David's cry, "My rock," is a declaration of total and exclusive reliance on God. In overwhelming distress, when he felt on the verge of death, he didn't despair or complain aimlessly but turned solely to God as his only source of strength and stability. This models a faith that depends entirely on God, especially when human help fails.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To you I will cry - That is, under the consciousness of the danger to which I am exposed - the danger of being drawn away into the society o…
19th Century
Anglican
My rock. —Hebrew, tsûr, from a root implying “bind together” (Deuteronomy 14:25), not necessarily therefore w…
Baptist
Oh! if God did not hear prayer, we should become like dead men – indeed, like lost men. Our fall or despair would be terrible indeed.
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16th Century
Protestant
Unto you, O Jehovah! I will cry. The Psalmist begins by declaring that he would turn to the help of God alone, which shows both his faith …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Unto you will I cry This denotes the distress the psalmist was in, fervency and ardour in prayer, resolution to cont…
David is very earnest in prayer. Observe his faith in prayer; God is my rock, on whom I build my hope. Believers should not rest until the…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. In the previous psalm, the psalmist showed the trust he had in God; now he adds a psalm of prayer so that he might not fail in that trust…