2 Samuel 22:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my safe place; my saviour, who keeps me safe from the violent man.

📖 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 the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
• Ps 9:9 : 9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;
• Ps 46:7 : 7 The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
• Ps 46:11 : 11 The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
• Ps 59:16 : 16 But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
• Luke 1:69 : 69 Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
• Luke 1:71 : 71 Salvation from those who are against us, and from the hands of those who have hate for us;
• Prov 30:5 : 5 Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
• Ps 61:3 : 3 For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.
• Ps 71:7 : 7 I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.
• Ps 115:9-9 : 9 O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. 10 O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. 11 You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
• Ps 140:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:
• Ps 140:4 : 4 O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.
• Ps 14:6 : 6 You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.
• Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
• Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.
• 2 Sam 22:49 : 49 He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.
• Ps 144:2 : 2 He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.
• Heb 2:13 : 13 And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.
• 2 Sam 22:51 : 51 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
• Ps 3:3 : 3 But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.
• Ps 5:12 : 12 For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.
• 1 Sam 2:1 : 1 And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.
• Deut 32:37 : 37 And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?
• Ps 28:7 : 7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
• Ps 32:7 : 7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)
• Ps 46:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Ps 18:2 : 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.
• Ps 55:9 : 9 Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
• Ps 140:11 : 11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
• Ps 72:14 : 14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.
• Ps 84:9 : 9 O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
• Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.
• Titus 3:4 : 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,
• Titus 3:6 : 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.
• Jer 16:9 : 9 For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.
• Luke 1:47 : 47 My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.