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Psalm 18:46
The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
45The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
46The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
47even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
48He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
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“The LORD lives!” turns David’s account of rescue into praise, directing attention from enemies brought low to the God he calls his rock.
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Psalm 27:1By David. The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?Both psalms name the LORD as the speaker’s salvation, with rock and strength expressing dependence on him.
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Both speakers call God their salvation and respond by praising and exalting him.
Psalm 61:2From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.Both use the image of a rock: Psalm 18 blesses God as rock, while Psalm 61 asks to be led there.
Revelation 1:18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.Psalm 18 declares that the LORD lives; Revelation’s speaker declares that he lives forever after having been dead.
2 Samuel 22:47The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,Both declare “The LORD lives!” and bless God as rock while exalting him as the source of salvation.
2 Corinthians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,Both pronounce blessing on God, naming him in relation to salvation in the psalm and mercy and comfort in Corinthians.
Psalm 57:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!Both voice the desire that God be exalted, with Psalm 57 extending that praise above the heavens and earth.
Psalm 18:2The 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.Within the same psalm, both verses call God “my rock” and link him with the speaker’s salvation.
Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.Both name God as rock; Deuteronomy describes the Rock’s perfect work and justice, while Psalm 18 praises him for salvation.
John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.Psalm 18 praises the living LORD; Jesus speaks of his own life as the reason his disciples will live.
Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his …Both affirm that the LORD lives, with Jeremiah also naming him as the true God and everlasting King.
Luke 1:47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,Both speakers praise God in personal terms as the one who saves them.
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David’s praise has a history of danger behind it. Calling God his rock names the one on whom his rescue depends: the living God is worthy of praise.
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