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2 Samuel 22:47

in 2 Samuel 22

The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

KJV

The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

This verse in 2 Samuel 22

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock

on 2 Samuel 22:47-49

The Lord liveth opens the song's closing doxology with a confession set against the pagan world around Israel, where a god's death was assumed as part of his own myth. Blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation stacks rock language one final time, closing the string of titles the song opened with in verses two and three. Delivered from the violent man most plainly names Saul, the same word used elsewhere of Saul's pursuit through the outlaw years, so the whole song returns to the man named in its opening verse.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

David often hid himself in a rock ( 1 Sam. xxiv. 2 ), but God was his chief hiding-place. "He is my fortress, in which I am safe and think myself so-- my high tower, or stronghold, in which I am out of the reach of real evils--the tower of salvation (

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The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. See Gill on Psa 18:46.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • חַי־[is] living

    chai-H2416498 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • וּבָר֣וּךְand [be] blessed

    uvarukhH1288330 times

  • צוּרִ֑יrock my

    tzuriH669778 times

  • וְיָרֻ֕םand may he be exalted

    veyarumH7311190 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֖י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH4302601 times

  • צ֥וּר[the] rock of

    tzurH669778 times

  • יִשְׁעִֽי׃salvation my

    yishiH346836 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Job 19:25

    But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 1:7

      In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

    • Isaiah 54:5

      For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

    • Psalms 78:35

      And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

    • Psalms 19:14

      May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

    • Proverbs 23:11

      for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 22:3

    My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 9:9

      The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

    • 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.”

  • Through

    Psalms 89:26

    He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 7:14

      I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.