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God the Sovereign Savior

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

1 I awill love You, O Lord, my strength. 
2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my1 strength, ain whom I will trust;
My shield and the1 horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 
3 I will call upon the Lord, awho is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies. 
4 aThe pangs of death surrounded me,
And the floods of1 ungodliness made me afraid. 
5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Psalms 18:2-3

The various terms used describe God as an object of the most implicit and reliable trust.

rock—literally, "a cleft rock," for concealment.

strength—a firm, immovable rock.

horn of my salvation—The horn, as the means of attack or defense of some of the strongest animals, is a frequent emblem of power or strength efficiently exercised (compare Deuteronomy 33:17; Luke 1:69).

tower—literally, "high place," beyond reach of danger.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 18:2:

Psalms 28:1
Psalms 31:2-4
Psalms 46:1
Psalms 61:2
Psalms 62:2
Psalms 71:3
Psalms 73:26
Psalms 91:14-16
Psalms 94:22-23
Proverbs 18:10
Luke 1:69

 

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