2 Samuel 22:2
in 2 Samuel 22He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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;
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This verse in 2 Samuel 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe 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."
This site's exposition
my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer
on 2 Samuel 22:2-3
The horn of my salvation closes a chain of that word begun at Hannah's song, mine horn is exalted in the Lord and exalt the horn of his anointed, spoken before Israel had a king. Luke's Gospel takes up the same word once more, an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, so the phrase runs from a barren woman's prayer to the birth of Christ. David's titles stack four deep in these two verses, rock, fortress, deliverer, shield, and the older writers read the density as a man reaching for enough words to cover so many prior mercies.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. See Gill on Psa 18:2.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
On the day Adonoy saved him. In his old age after all his troubles had passed and he had survived all of them.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| סַֽלְעִ֥י | sali | [is] rock my | H5553 → | |
| וּמְצֻדָתִ֖י | umetzudati | and stronghold my | H4686 → | 21 times |
| וּמְפַלְטִי־ | umefalti- | and deliverer my | H6403 → | |
| לִֽי׃ | li | to <the> me |
וַיֹּאמַ֑רand he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
סַֽלְעִ֥י[is] rock my
saliH5553 →
וּמְצֻדָתִ֖יand stronghold my
umetzudatiH4686 →21 times
וּמְפַלְטִי־and deliverer my
umefalti-H6403 →
לִֽי׃to <the> me
li
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
it leads to
- Psalms 18:2
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 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 26:3–4
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Isaiah 12:2
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.”
- Psalms 142:5
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Psalms 18:2
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.
it leads to
- Psalms 18:30–31
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.
- Psalms 92:15
to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
- Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Psalms 18:30–31
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS, PROLOGUE.