Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower.
Because
the Lord is my rock I shall trust in Him who is also my fortress and deliverer, my shield, the horn of my salvation and my High tower.
The 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.
PS 18:2 KJV
The reference to rock in this verse can have the meaning of both a large rocky area,
and also of a huge sheer cliff.
Cephas is the Latin spelling of an Aramaic word for rock ‘Kefa’, which is a ‘small hand sized rock’. (which is used in John 1:42, 1 Corinthians 1:12, 3:22, 9:5, 15:5, and Galatians 1:18, 2:9, 11, & 14.)
The Hebrew word for rock is סלע kaf, which is used well over 100 times in the Hebrew Scriptures, most often with its basic meaning as sole of the foot or palm of the hand, but not with the meaning of rock.
Kaf is simply a rock, small enough to be lifted in one hand.
In 1 Cor 10:4 the Greek word translated ‘rock’, is ‘petra’ meaning rock or large rock.
It does not convey the depth of the Hebrew words for ‘rock’, that refer to Messiah.
Three Hebrew words speak of God or Messiah as a rock. They are:
צוק סלע תלול
TSOR
referring to a sheer rock cliff.
צוק סלעי ענק
SAIL
referring to a huge craggy rocky cliff
and אֶבֶן
EVEN or EBEN pronounced Eh-Ven
speaking of a cut stone
as used in construction
particularly the cornerstone.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be confounded. Is 28:16
Rocks and cliffs always make us think of an enduring and immovable place, something and somewhere that will not change, break or crumble under the weight of pressure.
When we are in a precarious or vulnerable position, when danger lurks in its many forms, we can trust the Lord to be our protection.
The only truly safe place is in Him, like being inside a huge impenetrable fortress.
He is the deliverer from all our situations.
The horn/power of His salvation both physical and spiritual is like a high tower.
Whenever you look down on something
it always appears reduced in size
and we are not so overwhelmed
BECAUSE we are above the problem..
and
Because
He is ALL these things..
He is worthy of our complete and unquestioning trust. For He is the Rock of our salvation and the chief corner stone which keeps our faith in Him stable and strong. Eph 2:20 1Peter 2:6,7
Be encouraged BECAUSE He will never ever fail us nor crumble under us.
