After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
2 Samuel 22:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My saviour; thou savest me from violence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My God, my Rock, in Him will I take refuge; my Shield and the Horn of my salvation; my Stronghold and my Refuge, my Savior–You save me from violence. [Gen. 15:1.] American Standard Version (1901) God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence. Common English Bible My God is my rock—I take refuge in him!— he’s my shield and my salvation’s strength, my place of safety and my shelter. My savior! Save me from violence! Catholic Public Domain Version I will hope in him. God is my strong one, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifts me up, and he is my refreshment. You, O my Savior, will free me from iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God is my strong one, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation. He lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my saviour, thou wilt deliver me from iniquity. |
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,
who brought me out from my enemies; you exalted me above my adversaries; you delivered me from the violent.
He is a tower of salvation for his king and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: “One who rules over people justly, ruling in the fear of God,
Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers; protect me from those who are violent,
Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!
Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent who have planned my downfall.
Look on my right hand and see: there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me.
my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues the peoples under me.
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 stronghold.
For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,
For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover them with favor as with a shield.
Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me and a refuge in the day of my distress.
From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.
O God, the insolent rise up against me; a band of ruffians seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.
And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
The Lord is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and will not be afraid, for the Lord is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.”
Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Declare and present your case; take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? There is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our ancestors have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to banish from this place, in your days and before your eyes, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his child David,
that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.
Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
The Rock, his work is perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he;
Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, but you shall tread on their backs.”
And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Here am I and the children whom God has given me.”
Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in my God. My mouth derides my enemies because I rejoice in your victory.
There is no Holy One like the Lord, no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.