11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 18:2
Yahweh 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 high tower.
Psalm 18:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Yahweh 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 high tower.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- YHWH [is] my rock, and my bulwark, || And my deliverer, || My God [is] my rock, || I trust in Him: My shield, and the horn of my salvation, || My high tower.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my Savior. He is my God, my rock who protects me. He shields me from harm, his power protects me, he keeps me safe.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Jehovah [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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 high tower.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 17:3 in this edition
- The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֤ה׀ | Yah·weh | The LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| סַֽלְעִ֥י | sal·‘î | is my rock | H5553 סֶ֫לַע rock |
| וּמְצוּדָתִ֗י | ū·mə·ṣū·ḏā·ṯî | my fortress | H4686 מְצוּדָה net |
| וּמְפַ֫לְטִ֥י | ū·mə·p̄al·ṭî | and my deliverer | H6403 פָּלַט to escape |
| אֵלִ֣י | ’ê·lî | My God [is] | H410 אֵל God |
| צ֭וּרִי | ṣū·rî | my rock | H6697 צוּר Rocks (of Goats) |
| אֶֽחֱסֶה־ | ’e·ḥĕ·seh- | in whom I take refuge | H2620 חָסָה to seek refuge |
| בּ֑וֹ | bōw | — | H9003 ב in/on/with |
| מָֽגִנִּ֥י | mā·ḡin·nî | my shield | H4043 מָגֵן shield |
| וְקֶֽרֶן־ | wə·qe·ren- | and the horn | H7161 קֶ֫רֶן horn |
| יִ֝שְׁעִ֗י | yiš·‘î | of my salvation | H3468 יֵ֫שַׁע salvation |
| מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃ | miś·gab·bî | my stronghold | H4869 מִשְׂגָּב high refuge |
Related verses
- Psalm 144:2
my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
- Psalm 62:7
With God is my salvation and my honor. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- Proverbs 18:10
Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
- Psalm 91:2
I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- Psalm 62:2
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress— I will never be greatly shaken.
- 2 Samuel 22:3
God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
- Jeremiah 16:19
Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
- Isaiah 32:2
A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
- Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
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In context
1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
2 Yahweh 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 high tower.
3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Read all of Psalm 18 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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