Parallel Verses

Amplified


He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.

New American Standard Bible

He only is my rock and my salvation,
My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

King James Version

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Holman Bible

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

International Standard Version

He alone is my rock, my deliverance, and my high tower; nothing will shake me.

A Conservative Version

He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be greatly moved.

American Standard Version

He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

Bible in Basic English

He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

Darby Translation

He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.

Julia Smith Translation

Surely he my rock and my salvation, my height; I shall not be greatly moved.

King James 2000

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my [high] stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

Modern King James verseion

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense, so that I shall not greatly fall.

NET Bible

He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

New Heart English Bible

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress?I will never be greatly shaken.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, he, is my rock and my salvation, My high tower - I shall not be greatly shaken!

Webster

He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

World English Bible

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress -- I will never be greatly shaken.

Youngs Literal Translation

Only -- He is my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Trust In God Alone

1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
From Him comes my salvation.
2 
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My defense and my strong tower; I will not be shaken or disheartened.
3
How long will you attack a man
So that you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?


Cross References

Psalm 18:2


The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me;
My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.

Psalm 59:17


To You, O [God] my strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower], the God who shows me [steadfast] lovingkindness.

Psalm 62:6


He only is my rock and my salvation;
My fortress and my defense, I will not be shaken or discouraged.

Deuteronomy 32:30-31


“How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?

Psalm 21:1

O Lord the king will delight in Your strength,
And in Your salvation how greatly will he rejoice!

Psalm 27:1

The Lord is my light and my salvation—
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the refuge and fortress of my life—
Whom shall I dread?

Psalm 37:24


When he falls, he will not be hurled down,
Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.

Psalm 59:9


O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;
For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].

Psalm 73:25-26


Whom have I in heaven [but You]?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

Psalm 89:26


“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

Isaiah 26:4


“Trust [confidently] in the Lord forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner],
For the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].

Isaiah 32:2


Each [one of them] will be like a hiding place from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like streams of water in a dry land,
Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched and weary land [to those who turn to them].

Micah 7:8-9


Do not rejoice over me [amid my tragedies], O my enemy!
Though I fall, I will rise;
Though I sit in the darkness [of distress], the Lord is a light for me.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy].

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair;

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