2. He only is my rock and my salvation.
Sometimes a metaphor may be more full of meaning and more suggestive than
literal speech; hence the use of the figure of a rock, the very mention of
which would awaken grateful memories in the psalmist’s mind. David had often
lain concealed in rocky caverns, and here he compares his God to such a secure
refuge; and, indeed, declares him to be his only real protection. The literal
word salvation follows the figurative expression: that our God is our
refuge is no fiction; nothing in the world is more a matter of fact. He ismy defense. Here we have another and bolder image; the tried believer not
only abides in God as in a cavernous rock, but dwells in him as a warrior in
some bravely defiant tower or lordly castle. I shall not be greatly moved.
His personal weakness might cause him to be somewhat moved; but his faith would
come in to prevent any very great disturbance. Moved like a ship at anchor
which swings with the fide, but is not swept away by the tempest. When we know
assuredly that the Lord is our salvation, we cannot be very much cast down.
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