2 Samuel 22:2
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
BSB
ASV
and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
KJV
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
The fifth song is in Second Samuel, when "David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul." He said, "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God will be my protector."
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
leads to
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Through
Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
leads to
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
