Passage
Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?
2 Samuel 22:32 (DRB)
Nearby Context
2 Samuel 22:30 For in thee I will run girded: in my God I will leap over the wall.
2 Samuel 22:31 God, his way is immaculate, the word of the Lord is tried by fire: he is the shield of all that trust in him.
2 Samuel 22:32 Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?
2 Samuel 22:33 God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.
2 Samuel 22:34 Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "lord" and "strong". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "strong", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 31's "God his way is immaculate the word..." into verse 33's "God who hath girded me with strength...", so "lord" and "strong" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "strong" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.