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2 Samuel 22:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

3     my God, my rock of refuge!
My shield, my saving horn,[a]
    my stronghold, my refuge,
    my savior, from violence you keep me safe.(A)
4 Praised be the Lord, I exclaim!
    I have been delivered from my enemies.

5 The breakers of death surged round about me,
    the menacing floods[b] terrified me;

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Footnotes

  1. 22:3 My saving horn: my strong savior. The horn, such as that of an enraged bull, was a symbol of strength; cf. Lk 1:69.
  2. 22:5–6 Breakers…floods: traditional Old Testament imagery for lethal danger, from which the Lord is uniquely able to rescue; cf. Ps 69:2, 15–16; 89:10–11; Jon 2:3–6.
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