Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 2 Samuel 22:3

“The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.”

2 Samuel 22:3 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 2 Samuel 22:3, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 2 Samuel 22. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
  • Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
  • Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
  • Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
  • Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee;…
  • Psalms 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
  • Psalms 115:9O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
  • Psalms 144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
  • Luke 1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
  • Hebrews 2:13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
  • Psalms 59:16But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
  • Psalms 14:6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

More to meet God in 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 12:132 Samuel 23:52 Samuel 24:162 Samuel 7:232 Samuel 7:222 Samuel 22:442 Samuel 14:142 Samuel 13:282 Samuel 9:7

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.