2 Samuel 22:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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 unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
• Ps 9:9 : 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
• Ps 46:7 : 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Ps 46:11 : 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Ps 59:16 : 16 But I will sing{H8799)} of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud{H8762)} of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Luke 1:69 : 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
• Luke 1:71 : 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
• Prov 30:5 : 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
• Ps 61:3 : 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy{H8802)}.
• 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 the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
• Ps 140:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
• Ps 140:4 : 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
• Ps 14:6 : 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
• Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• 2 Sam 22:49 : 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
• Ps 144:2 : 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; 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 which God hath given me.
• 2 Sam 22:51 : 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
• Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
• Ps 5:12 : 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
• 1 Sam 2:1 : 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
• Deut 32:37 : 37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
• Ps 28:7 : 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart 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 shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
• Ps 46:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present{H8738)} help in trouble.
• Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
• Ps 55:9 : 9 Destroy{H8761)}, O Lord, and divide{H8761)} their tongues: for I have seen{H8804)} violence and strife in the city.
• Ps 140:11 : 11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
• Ps 72:14 : 14 He shall redeem{H8799)} their soul from deceit and violence: and precious{H8799)} shall their blood be in his sight.
• Ps 84:9 : 9 Behold{H8798)}, O God our shield, and look{H8685)} upon the face of thine anointed.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give{H8799)} grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold{H8799)} from them that walk{H8802)} uprightly.
• Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud are risen{H8804)} against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought{H8765)} after my soul; and have not set{H8804)} thee before them.
• Titus 3:4 : 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
• Titus 3:6 : 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
• Jer 16:9 : 9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in 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.