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2 Samuel 22:47

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22:47The Lord is alive!118

My protector119 is praiseworthy!120

The God who delivers me121 is exalted as king!122

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Footnotes

  1. 118 Elsewhere the construction חַי־יְהוָה (khay-yéhvah) as used exclusively as an oath formula, but this is not the case here, for no oath follows. Here the statement is an affirmation of the Lord’s active presence and intervention. In contrast to pagan deities, he demonstrates that he is the living God by rescuing and empowering the psalmist.
  2. 119 Heb “my rocky cliff,” which is a metaphor for protection.
  3. 120 Or “blessed [i.e., praised] be.”
  4. 121 Heb “the God of the rock of my deliverance.” The term צוּר (tsur, “rock”) is probably accidentally repeated from the previous line. The parallel version in Ps 18:46 has simply “the God of my deliverance.”
  5. 122 The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the Psalms the verb רוּם (rum, “be exalted”) when used of God, refers to his exalted position as king (Pss 99:2; 113:4; 138:6) and/or his self-revelation as king through his mighty deeds of deliverance (Pss 21:13; 46:10; 57:5, 11).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,

and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord lives—blessed be my rock!

God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.

NLTNew Living Translation

“The Lord lives! Praise to my Rock!

May God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock!

May God, the rock of my salvation, be exalted!

KJV 1900King James Version

The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock;

And exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.