2 Samuel 22:3

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱלֹהֵ֥י צוּרִ֖י אֶחֱסֶה־בּ֑וֹ מָגִנִּ֞י וְקֶ֣רֶן יִשְׁעִ֗י מִשְׂגַּבִּי֙ וּמְנוּסִ֔י מֹשִׁעִ֕י מֵחָמָ֖ס תֹּשִׁעֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhê ṣûrî ʾeḥĕsê-in him, māginnî and qeren yišʿî, miśgabbî and menûsî, môšiʿî from ḥāmās tôšîʿēnî.

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct of *ʾĕlōhîm* - God of
• *ṣûrî*: masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my rock
• *ʾeḥĕsê*: Qal imperfect 1cs - I take refuge
• *māginnî*: masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my shield
• *qeren*: feminine noun construct - horn of
• *yišʿî*: masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my salvation
• *miśgabbî*: masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my high tower/stronghold
• *menûsî*: masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my refuge
• *môšiʿî*: Hiphil participle with 1cs suffix - my savior
• *ḥāmās*: masculine noun - violence
• *tôšîʿēnî*: Hiphil imperfect 2ms with 1cs suffix - you save me

Word Meanings

• *ṣûrî*: my rock, boulder, cliff
• *ʾeḥĕsê*: take refuge, seek shelter, trust
• *qeren*: horn, power, strength
• *yišʿî*: my salvation, deliverance, victory
• *miśgabbî*: my high tower, stronghold, place of security
• *menûsî*: my refuge, place to flee, escape
• *ḥāmās*: violence, wrong, cruelty

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
• Ps 9:9 : 9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
• Ps 46:7 : 7 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {{Selah
• Ps 46:11 : 11 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {{Selah
• Ps 59:16 : 16 But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Luke 1:69 : 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David
• Luke 1:71 : 71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
• Prov 30:5 : 5 Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
• Ps 61:3 : 3 For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.
• Ps 71:7 : 7 I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
• Ps 115:9-9 : 9 O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
• Ps 140:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:
• Ps 140:4 : 4 Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
• Ps 14:6 : 6 Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.
• Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
• Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• 2 Sam 22:49 : 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, [even] vanity and things wherein there is no profit.
• Ps 144:2 : 2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
• Heb 2:13 : 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.
• 2 Sam 22:51 : 51 Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.
• Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
• Ps 5:12 : 12 For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.
• 1 Sam 2:1 : 1 And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.
• Deut 32:37 : 37 And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;
• Ps 28:7 : 7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
• Ps 32:7 : 7 Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {{Selah
• Ps 46:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song]. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
• Ps 18:2 : 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
• Ps 55:9 : 9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
• Ps 140:11 : 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
• Ps 72:14 : 14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:
• Ps 84:9 : 9 Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
• Titus 3:4 : 4 But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,
• Titus 3:6 : 6 which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
• Jer 16:9 : 9 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of 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 : 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.