3<\/strong>. The God of my rock<\/em> ] = my strong God: but it is better to alter the vowel points and read as in the Ps., “my God, my Rock.” The title Rock is frequently used to describe the strength, faithfulness, and unchangeableness of God. See Deu 32:4<\/span>; Deu 32:37<\/span>; 1Sa 2:2<\/span>; Psa 28:1<\/span>, &c.<\/p>\n in him will I trust<\/em> ] Better, in whom I take refuge<\/strong>: carrying on the metaphor of a hiding-place in the rocks. Quoted in Heb 2:13<\/span>; cp. Psa 94:22<\/span>.<\/p>\n my shield<\/em> ] Compare God’s promise to Abram (Gen 15:1<\/span>); and Deu 33:29<\/span>.<\/p>\n the horn of my salvation<\/em> ] The Power which saves and delivers me. The figure of the horn, as a symbol of victorious strength, is derived from horned animals. Cp. Deu 33:17<\/span>; Luk 1:69<\/span>.<\/p>\n and my refuge<\/em>, &c.] The words, “and my retreat<\/strong>, my saviour, thou savest me from violence,” are omitted in Psalms 18<\/span>.<\/p>\n The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield<\/strong>,<\/p>\n and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour<\/strong>;<\/p>\n thou savest me from violence.<\/strong> [See comments on Ps 18:2]<\/span>.<\/p>\n (3) The God of my rock.<\/strong>In the psalm, My God, my rock (margin). The two expressions of the psalm are here united in one, and the recurrence of the similar expression in 2Sa. 22:47<\/span> (but not in the psalm) indicates that this was intentional.<\/p>\n And my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.<\/strong>These words are omitted from the psalm, being compensated in part by the opening line there.<\/p>\n 3<\/strong>. <\/strong> God of my rock <\/strong> My rock, God; that is, God, who is to me a rock of defence and security. <\/p>\n Horn of my salvation <\/strong> An allusion to the power of those animals whose horn is their great weapon of defence. So both shield <\/strong> and horn <\/strong> represent Jehovah as the mighty Defender. Compare the imagery of Hannah’s song. 1Sa 2:1-2<\/span>.<\/p>\n The God of my rock. Septuagint and Syriac read “My God was my rock” = immovable defence (Deu 32:4). <\/p>\n God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. <\/p>\n rock. Hebrew zur = a cliff, in situ. See Psa 18:2; Psa 31:3, Psa 31:42, Psa 31:9; Psa 71:3. <\/p>\n trust <\/p>\n (See Scofield “Psa 2:12”). <\/p>\n in him: Heb 2:13 <\/p>\n shield: Gen 15:1, Deu 33:29, Psa 3:3, Psa 5:12, Psa 28:7, Psa 84:9, Psa 84:11, Psa 115:9-11, Pro 30:5 <\/p>\n the horn: 1Sa 2:1, Luk 1:69 <\/p>\n my high: 2Sa 22:51, Psa 61:3, Psa 144:2, Pro 18:10 <\/p>\n my refuge: Psa 9:9, Psa 14:6, Psa 18:2, Psa 27:5, Psa 32:7, Psa 46:1, Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11, Psa 59:16, Psa 71:7, Psa 142:4, Isa 32:2, Jer 16:9 <\/p>\n my saviour: Isa 12:2, Isa 45:21, Luk 1:47, Luk 1:71, Tit 3:4, Tit 3:6 <\/p>\n thou savest: 2Sa 22:49, Psa 55:9, Psa 72:14, Psa 86:14, Psa 140:1, Psa 140:4, Psa 140:11 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 32:4 – the Rock 2Sa 22:31 – a buckler 2Sa 22:32 – a rock Psa 31:2 – my strong rock<\/p>\n 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 savior; thou savest me from violence. 3. The God of my rock ] = my strong God: but it is better to alter the vowel points and read … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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