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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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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Footnotes

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

On God rests my (A)salvation and my glory;
    my mighty rock, (B)my refuge is God.

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14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
    be acceptable in your sight,
    O Lord, my (A)rock and my (B)redeemer.

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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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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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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 91:2 Septuagint He will say

(A)He alone is my rock and my salvation,
    my (B)fortress; (C)I shall not be greatly shaken.

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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

19 (A)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
    (B)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(C)to you shall the nations come
    from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
    (D)worthless things in which there is no profit.

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(A)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
    a shelter from the storm,
(B)like streams of water in a dry place,
    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

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He will (A)cover you with his pinions,
    and under his (B)wings you will (C)find refuge;
    his (D)faithfulness is (E)a shield and buckler.

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he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
    he is (A)a shield to those who (B)walk in integrity,

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13 And again,

(A)“I will put my trust in him.”

And again,

(B)“Behold, I and the children (C)God has given me.”

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The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

Of David.

28 To you, O Lord, I call;
    (A)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you (B)be silent to me,
    I become like those who (C)go down to the pit.

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10 (A)All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
    (B)but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

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11 Kill them not, lest my people forget;
    make them totter[a] by your power and (A)bring them down,
    O Lord, our (B)shield!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:11 Or wander

17 There I will make (A)a horn to sprout for David;
    I have prepared (B)a lamp for (C)my anointed.

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