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Waiting on God

Psalms 62:2

In 11 translations

BSB
He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
KJV
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.defence: Heb. high place
WEB
He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken.
ASV
He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
LSV
He alone [is] my rock, and my salvation, || My tower, I am not much moved.
YLT
Only — He [is] my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.
DBY
He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.
DRC61:3
For he is my God and my saviour: he is my protector, I shall be moved no more.
GNV
Yet he is my strength and my saluation, and my defence: therefore I shall not much be mooued.
JPS62:3
He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower, I shall not be greatly moved.
LXXE61:3
For he is my God and my Saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved very much.Or, any more.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC62:3
אַךְ־ה֣וּא צ֭וּרִי וִֽישׁוּעָתִ֑י מִ֝שְׂגַּבִּ֗י לֹא־אֶמּ֥וֹט רַבָּֽה׃KJV:Ps.62.2
LXX-Br61:3
Καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς Θεός μου καὶ σωτήρ μου, ἀντιλήπτωρ μου, οὐ μὴ σαλευθῶ ἐπὶ πλεῖον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:8–9We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
  • Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
  • Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
  • Isaiah 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
  • Psalms 73:25–26Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
  • Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
  • Psalms 59:17To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
  • Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
  • Psalms 59:9I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
  • Psalms 21:1O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
  • Deuteronomy 32:30–31How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up? For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand…
  • Micah 7:8–9Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 62:3 in some Bibles
  • 62:2 in most Bibles

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