He said: O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer,
Truly, who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is the rock?
This God who girded me with might, kept my way unerring,
The God of Israel spoke; of me the Rock of Israel said, “One who rules over humankind with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
My safeguard and my fortress, my stronghold, my deliverer, My shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me! Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.
By day may the Lord send his mercy, and by night may his righteousness be with me! I will pray to the God of my life,
Be my rock of refuge, my stronghold to give me safety; for you are my rock and fortress.
Say to the Lord, “My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust.”
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the just run to it and are safe.
And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
The Rock—how faultless are his deeds, how right all his ways! A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he!
There is no Holy One like the Lord; there is no Rock like our God.
When Saul and his men came looking for him, David got word of it and went down to the gorge in the wilderness below Maon. Saul heard of this and pursued David into the wilderness below Maon.
When Saul returned from the pursuit of the Philistines, he was told that David was in the desert near Engedi.