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Psalms 18:2

NETBible	The Lord is my high ridge,¹ my stronghold,² my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where³ I take shelter,⁴ my shield, the horn that saves me,⁵ and my refuge.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Psa 18:2	The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 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.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 18:2	The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the strength of my salvation, and my stronghold.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 18:2	GOD is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God--the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout.
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 18:2	The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 18:2	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.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 18:2	The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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KJV	The LORD <03068> [is] my rock <05553>_, and my fortress <04686>_, and my deliverer <06403> (8764)_; my God <0410>_, my strength <06697>_, in whom I will trust <02620> (8799)_; my buckler <04043>_, and the horn <07161> of my salvation <03468>_, [and] my high tower <04869>_. {my strength: Heb. my rock}
NASB © biblegateway Psa 18:2	The LORD <03068> is my rock <05553> and my fortress <04686> and my deliverer <06403> , My God <0410> , my rock <06697> , in whom I take <02620> refuge <02620> ; My shield <04043> and the horn <07161> of my salvation <03468> , my stronghold <04869> .
LXXM	(17:3) kuriov <2962> N-NSM sterewma <4733> N-NSN mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ katafugh {N-NSF} mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ rusthv {N-NSM} mou <1473> P-GS o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM mou <1473> P-GS bohyov <998> N-NSM mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ elpiw <1679> V-FAI-1S ep <1909> PREP auton <846> D-ASM uperaspisthv {N-NSM} mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ kerav <2768> N-NSN swthriav <4991> N-GSF mou <1473> P-GS antilhmptwr {N-NSM} mou <1473> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	The Lord <03068> is my high ridge <05553> , my stronghold <04686> , my deliverer <06403> . My God <0410> is my rocky summit <06697> where I take shelter <02620> , my shield <04043> , the horn <07161> that saves <03468> me, and my refuge <04869> .
HEBREW	ybgvm <04869> yesy <03468> Nrqw <07161> yngm <04043> wb <0> hoxa <02620> yrwu <06697> yla <0410> yjlpmw <06403> ytdwumw <04686> yelo <05553> hwhy <03068> (18:2) <18:3>

NETBible

The Lord is my high ridge,¹ my stronghold,² my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where³ I take shelter,⁴ my shield, the horn that saves me,⁵ and my refuge.⁶

NET Notes

¹sn My high ridge. This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28.

²sn My stronghold. David often found safety in such strongholds. See 1 Sam 22:4-5; 24:22; 2 Sam 5:9, 17; 23:14.

³tn Or “in whom.”

⁴sn Take shelter. “Taking shelter” in the Lord is an idiom for seeking his protection. Seeking his protection presupposes and even demonstrates the subject’s loyalty to the Lord. In the psalms those who “take shelter” in the Lord are contrasted with the wicked and equated with those who love, fear and serve the Lord (Pss 5:11-12; 31:17-20; 34:21-22).

⁵tn Heb “the horn of my salvation”; or “my saving horn.”

⁵sn Though some see “horn” as referring to a horn-shaped peak of a hill, or to the “horns” of an altar where one could find refuge, it is more likely that the horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (cf. Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 89:17, 24; 92:10; Lam 2:17). In the ancient Near East powerful warrior-kings would sometimes compare themselves to a goring bull that uses its horns to kill its enemies. For examples, see P. Miller, “El the Warrior,” HTR 60 (1967): 422-25, and R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 135-36. Ps 18:2 uses the metaphor of the horn in a slightly different manner. Here the Lord himself is compared to a horn. He is to the psalmist what the horn is to the ox, a source of defense and victory.

⁶tn Or “my elevated place.” The parallel version of this psalm in 2 Sam 22:3 adds at this point, “my refuge, my savior, [you who] save me from violence.”