10 (A)The name of the Lord is (B)a strong tower;
    the righteous man runs into it and (C)is safe.

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    (A)my[a] God, my rock, (B)in whom I take refuge,
(C)my shield, and (D)the horn of my salvation,
    (E)my stronghold and (F)my refuge,
    my savior; you save me from violence.

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:3 Septuagint (compare Psalm 18:2); Hebrew lacks my

I will say[a] to the Lord, “My (A)refuge and my (B)fortress,
    my God, in whom I (C)trust.”

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  1. Psalm 91:2 Septuagint He will say

Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

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he is my (A)steadfast love and my (B)fortress,
    my (C)stronghold and my deliverer,
my (D)shield and he in whom I take refuge,
    who (E)subdues peoples[a] under me.

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  1. Psalm 144:2 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people

for you have been (A)my refuge,
    a strong (B)tower against the enemy.

Let me (C)dwell in your tent forever!
    Let me take refuge under (D)the shelter of your wings! Selah

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The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my (B)salvation;
    (C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

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  1. Psalm 27:1 Or refuge

The Lord is my (A)rock and my (B)fortress and my deliverer,
    my God, my (C)rock, in (D)whom I take refuge,
    my (E)shield, and (F)the horn of my salvation, my (G)stronghold.

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Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;[a] walk before me, and be (A)blameless,

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  1. Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El Shaddai

(A)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, (B)“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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23 (A)“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name (B)Immanuel”

(which means, God (C)with us).

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When I am afraid,
    I (A)put my trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise,
    in God I trust; (B)I shall not be afraid.
    What can flesh do to me?

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And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke (A)of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,[a] each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

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  1. 1 Samuel 30:6 Compare 22:2

(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

In his days Judah will be saved, and (A)Israel will (B)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (C)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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14 “Because he (A)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
    I will protect him, because he (B)knows my name.

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45 Foreigners came cringing to me;
    as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 Foreigners lost heart
    and came trembling[a] (A)out of their fortresses.

47 “The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
    and exalted be (B)my God, (C)the rock of my salvation,

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:46 Compare Psalm 18:45; Hebrew equipped themselves

19 God, the Lord, is my strength;
    (A)he makes my feet like the deer's;
    he makes me (B)tread on my (C)high places.

(D)To the choirmaster: with (E)stringed[a] instruments.

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  1. Habakkuk 3:19 Hebrew my stringed

15 For thus says (A)the One who is high and lifted up,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is (B)Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
    and also (D)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(E)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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The Lord (A)descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and (B)proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, (C)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and (D)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast (E)love and faithfulness, (F)keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] (G)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but (H)who will by no means clear the guilty, (I)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

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  1. Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation

28 Then he said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (B)you have striven with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, (D)“Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him.

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  1. Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives

51 (A)Great salvation he brings[a] to his king,
    and shows steadfast love to (B)his anointed,
    to David and his offspring (C)forever.”

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  1. 2 Samuel 22:51 Or He is a tower of salvation

13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a] And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: (A)I am has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord,[b] the (B)God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is (C)my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

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  1. Exodus 3:14 Or I am what I am, or I will be what I will be
  2. Exodus 3:15 The word Lord, when spelled with capital letters, stands for the divine name, YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, “to be” in verse 14

11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for (A)I fear him, that he may come and attack me, the mothers with the children.

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I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as (A)God Almighty,[a] but by my name the (B)Lord I did not make myself known to them.

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  1. Exodus 6:3 Hebrew El Shaddai

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