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Psalm 18:46

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18:46The Lord is alive!130

My protector131 is praiseworthy!132

The God who delivers me133 is exalted as king!134

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Psalm 18:46: The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation…

Footnotes

  1. 130 Elsewhere the construction חַי־יְהוָה (khay-yéhvah) is used exclusively as an oath formula, “as surely as the Lord lives,” 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 he is the living God by rescuing and empowering the psalmist.
  2. 131 Heb “my rocky cliff,” which is a metaphor for protection. See similar phrases in vv. 2, 31.
  3. 132 Or “blessed [i.e., praised] be.”
  4. 133 Heb “the God of my deliverance.” 2 Sam 22:48 reads, “the God of the rocky cliff of my deliverance.”
  5. 134 The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Elsewhere 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 the God of my salvation—

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God my Savior!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord lives—blessed be my rock!

The God of my salvation is exalted.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord lives! Praise to my Rock!

May the God of my salvation be exalted!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock,

and may the God of my salvation be exalted—

KJV 1900King James Version

The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock;

And let the God of my salvation be exalted.