And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
and he saith: `Jehovah is my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
And he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.
Voices1
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."
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS, PROLOGUE, 253patristic
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.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches12
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.
He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.
I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
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Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.
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