2Sa 22:2-3, 40-48, Jer 16:19 | ESV | STEP | He said , The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer ,

2 Samuel 22:2-3

2 ^aHe said,

^b“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
3 ^cmy ^{▼▼Septuagint (compare Psalm 18:2); Hebrew lacks my} God, my rock, ^ein whom I take refuge,
^fmy shield, and ^gthe horn of my salvation,
^hmy stronghold and ⁱmy refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.

2 Samuel 22:40-48

40 For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
you made ^jthose who rise against me sink under me.
41 You ^kmade my enemies turn their backs to me, ^{▼▼Or You gave me my enemies’ necks}
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42 They looked, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but ^mhe did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine ⁿas the dust of the earth;
I crushed them and stamped them down ^olike the mire of the streets.
44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; ^{▼▼Septuagint with the peoples}
you kept me as the head of ^qthe nations;
^rpeople whom I had not known served me.
45 Foreigners came cringing to me;
as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 Foreigners lost heart
and came trembling ^{▼▼Compare Psalm 18:45; Hebrew equipped themselves} ^tout of their fortresses.
47 “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be ^umy God, ^vthe rock of my salvation,
48 the God who gave me vengeance
and ^wbrought down peoples under me,

Jeremiah 16:19

19 ^xO Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
^ymy refuge in the day of trouble,
^zto you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
^aaworthless things in which there is no profit.