forked from WycliffeAssociates/en_tn
See in Reader
17 lines
601 B
Markdown
17 lines
601 B
Markdown
# Be to me a rock for refuge
|
|
|
|
The psalmist requests that Yahweh make him as safe as he would be if he were hiding in a large rock or cliff where his enemies could not find him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
|
|
|
|
# rock ... rock
|
|
|
|
These are hills or mountains, not rocks one can hold in one's hand.
|
|
|
|
# you have given a command
|
|
|
|
"you have commanded your angels"
|
|
|
|
# you are my rock and my fortress
|
|
|
|
The psalmist believes that Yahweh will protect him and make him as safe as if he were hiding on top of a large mountain or inside a man-made fortress. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
|
|
|