Psalms 18:2 (DBY)

Passage

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Nearby Context

Psalms 18:1 {To the chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. And he said,} I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Psalms 18:2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Psalms 18:3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Psalms 18:4 The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "rock", "fortress", "deliverer", "trust", "shield", and "horn". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "rock", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "To the chief Musician A Psalm of..." into verse 3's "I will call upon Jehovah who is...", so "jehovah" and "rock" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "rock" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.