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Psalms 18:2

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 18:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The Lord is my Rock; or, my Cliff—my Sela'—an expression used commonly of Petra. And my Fortress (comp. ). Not only a natural stronghold, but one made additionally strong by art. And my Deliverer.

A living Protector, not a mere inanimate defence. My God, my Strength; rather, my Rock, as the same word (tsur) is translated in ; , ; , , , ; ; ; .

It is the word from which the strong city, Tyro, derived its. name. In whom I will trust (comp. Dent. 32:37). My Buckler (comp. , where God announced himself as Abraham's "Shield;" and see also ; ; ; ; ; ).

The Horn also of my salvation (comp. ). The horn is the emblem at once of strength and of dignity. A "horn of salvation" is a source of excellency and might, whence "salvation'' or deliverance comes to those who trust in it.

And my high Tower (comp. , with the comment ad loc.). It is remarked that God, in this passage, receives seven epithets, "the mystic number which in sacred things symbolizes perfection" (Delitzsch).

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