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Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
1For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, LORD, my strength.
2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
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The repeated “my” makes David’s praise personal: after rescue from his enemies, he names YHWH as the refuge he has known.
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Psalm 91:2I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”Both name the LORD as a personal refuge and fortress, linking shelter in God with trust in him.
Psalm 144:2my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.Both gather the same images of fortress, high tower, and shield around God, whom the speaker names as deliverer.
Psalm 62:7My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.Both locate salvation and refuge in God, using the rock to describe his strength.
Proverbs 18:10The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.Both use a tower to describe shelter found in the LORD, with Proverbs picturing the righteous running to him.
Psalm 3:3But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.Both address the LORD as a shield, describing his protection in personal terms.
Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.Both describe the LORD as a rock worthy of trust; Isaiah adds that this Rock is everlasting.
2 Samuel 22:3God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.Both name God as rock and shield and use the phrase “the horn of my salvation” within praise for rescue.
Jeremiah 16:19LORD, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers …Both name the LORD as a stronghold or fortress and as a personal refuge amid trouble.
Genesis 15:1After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”Both describe the LORD as a shield: David confesses this protection, while Abram receives God’s assurance of it.
Isaiah 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.Both use rock and shelter imagery for protection, though Isaiah describes a man and the psalm names God.
1 Samuel 17:45Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Armies, the God …Both portray David relying on the LORD amid danger, though Samuel names the opponent’s weapons rather than images of shelter.
Hebrews 2:13Again, “I will put my trust in him.” Again, “Behold, here I am with the children whom God has given me.”Both express personal trust in God; Hebrews shares that reliance without the psalm’s images of rock and fortress.
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David’s praise comes after danger that made him afraid. Fear belongs to the story he tells; YHWH is the rock to whom he credits his rescue.
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