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Psalm 18:31
For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
29For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
30As for God, his way is perfect. The LORD’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
31For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
32the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
33He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
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The word “rock” gives weight to David’s claim that YHWH alone is God, linking trust in him with his unmatched strength.
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Psalm 144:1By David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle—Both passages name the LORD as rock, with the surrounding words crediting him for strength in battle.
Isaiah 44:8Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I …Both pair the claim that there is no other God with the declaration that there is no other Rock.
Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.Both use rock language to declare God's unmatched standing; Deuteronomy adds that even enemies concede the difference.
Psalm 86:8There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.Both declare the Lord incomparable, with Psalm 86 extending that claim to his deeds.
Deuteronomy 32:39“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.Both declare that God has no rival; Deuteronomy also describes his rule over life and death.
Isaiah 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me,Both declare that the LORD alone is God, and both connect that claim with strength in their surrounding words.
2 Samuel 22:32For who is God, besides the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God?Both ask the same paired questions, declaring the LORD alone to be God and rock.
1 Samuel 2:2There is no one as holy as the LORD, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.Both declare that no one stands beside the LORD and that no rock compares with him.
Isaiah 30:29You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to the LORD’s mountain, to …Both name the LORD as Rock, with Isaiah describing gladness and song on the way to his mountain.
Genesis 2:4This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.Both identify the LORD as God, though Genesis describes creation rather than God as a rock.
Isaiah 45:21–22Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, the LORD? There is no …Both declare that there is no God besides the LORD; Isaiah also names him as just and a Savior.
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YHWH has no rival who can take his place. David’s praise grounds confidence in who God is: the one God, the incomparable rock.
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