2. The Lord is my rock andmy fortress. Dwelling among the crags and mountain
fastnesses of Judaea David had escaped the malice of Saul, and here he compares
his God to such a place of concealment and security. Believers are often hidden
in their God from the strife of tongues and the storm of trouble. Mydeliverer. Interposing in my hour of peril. When almost captured the Lord’s
people are rescued from the hand of the mighty by him who is mightier still.
This title of deliverer has many sermons in it, and is well worthy of
study by all experienced saints. My God. This is all good things in one.
It means “my perpetual, unchanging, infinite, eternal good.” He who can truly say “my God” may well add, “my
heaven, my all.” My strength. This
word is really “my rock,” in the sense of strength and immobility. My sure, unchanging, eternal
confidence and support. Thus the word rock occurs twice, but it is no
tautology, for the first time it is a rock for concealment, but here a rock for
firmness and immutability. In whom I will trust. Faith must be
exercised, or the preciousness of God is not truly known; and God must be the
object of faith, or faith is mere presumption. My buckler. Warding off
the blows of the enemy, shielding me from arrow or sword. The Lord furnishes
his warriors with weapons both offensive and defensive. Our armory is completely
stored [provided] so that none need go to battle unarmed. The horn of mysalvation. Enabling me to push down my foes, and to triumph over them with
holy exaltation. My high tower. A citadel planted high on a rocky
eminence beyond the reach of my enemies, from the heights of which I look down
upon their fury without alarm, and survey a wide landscape of mercy. We may
conclude with Calvin that David here equips the faithful from head to foot.
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