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Psalm 62:2
He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.
1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
2He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.
3How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
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“He alone” locates David’s safety in God, while the assaults described in the next verses show how exposed a person voicing such confidence can feel.
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Psalm 55:22Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.Both passages ground steadiness in God: one names him as a fortress, while the other promises that he will sustain the burdened.
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.Both passages call God a rock and fortress, linking these images of refuge with salvation.
Psalm 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.Both passages connect trust in God with stability, using a rock or mountain to express resistance to being moved.
Psalm 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.Both verses locate salvation in God alone, with the soul’s rest followed by the images of rock and fortress.
Luke 6:48He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could …Both passages use rock imagery to describe stability under pressure, whether from personal threats or a flood striking a house.
2 Corinthians 4:8–9We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;Both passages describe endurance amid pressure, allowing distress and confidence to appear in the same account.
Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.Both passages name God as rock, connecting confidence in him with strength that lasts.
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 passages use images of shelter and rock to describe protection, though Isaiah’s supplied verse speaks of a man.
2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.Both passages speak of steadiness, though Peter connects avoiding a stumble with diligence, while David names God as his fortress.
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the …Both passages locate help in God amid pressure, though Corinthians addresses temptation and the way God enables endurance.
Deuteronomy 32:30–31How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?Both passages name God as Rock, though Deuteronomy describes him delivering people up to defeat rather than protecting them.
Acts 2:25For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.Both passages connect the Lord with remaining steady, with Acts quoting David’s words about the Lord at his right hand.
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David speaks this confidence while people still seek his downfall. You do not have to pretend that threats are small to confess that God alone is your rock.
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