2 Samuel 22:3 - Revised Standard Version CI

³ my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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.

2 Samuel 22:3 Cross References

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

2 Samuel 22:31

This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

2 Samuel 22:47

“The Lord lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,

2 Samuel 22:49

who brought me out from my enemies; thou didst exalt me above my adversaries, thou didst deliver me from men of violence.

2 Samuel 22:51

Great triumphs he gives to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David, and his descendants for ever.”

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,

Psalm 14:6

You would confound the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge.

Psalm 140:1

Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,

Psalm 140:11

Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

Psalm 140:4

Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.

Psalm 142:4

I look to the right and watch, but there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me, no man cares for me.

Psalm 144:2

my rock and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues the peoples under him.

Psalm 18:2

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 27:5

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 upon a rock.

Psalm 28:7

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.

Psalm 3:3

But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

Psalm 32:7

Thou art a hiding place for me, thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with deliverance. Selah

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 46:11

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Psalm 46:2

Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;

Psalm 46:7

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Psalm 5:12

For thou dost bless the righteous, O Lord; thou dost cover him with favor as with a shield.

Psalm 55:9

Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

Psalm 59:16

But I will sing of thy might; I will sing aloud of thy steadfast love in the morning. For thou hast been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.

Psalm 61:3

for thou art my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.

Psalm 71:7

I have been as a portent to many; but thou art my strong refuge.

Psalm 72:14

From oppression and violence he redeems their life; and precious is their blood in his sight.

Psalm 84:11

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.

Psalm 84:9

Behold our shield, O God; look upon the face of thine anointed!

Psalm 86:14

O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seek my life, and they do not set thee before them.

Psalm 9:10

And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.

Psalm 9:9

The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Exodus 15:2

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Isaiah 12:2

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 32:2

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.

Isaiah 45:21

Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited naught but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.

Jeremiah 16:9

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will make to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

Luke 1:47

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

Luke 1:69

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

Luke 1:71

that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;

Deuteronomy 32:37

Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

Deuteronomy 32:4

“The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Deuteronomy 33:29

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; and you shall tread upon their high places.”

Titus 3:4

but when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,

Titus 3:6

which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Hebrews 2:13

And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah also prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in thy salvation.

1 Samuel 2:2

“There is none holy like the Lord, there is none besides thee; there is no rock like our God.