What Ten Different Ways is God Described in Only Two Verses in Psalms? CQ Podcast Highlight
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Throughout the Old Testament, there are several other themes that help us define who God is. In Psalm 18, Jehovah is described 10 different ways. In two verses he's described 10 ways in two verses. So you gotta read these, Jonathan, Psalm 18, one to two,
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I will love the Jehovah. My strength Jehovah is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, which is the word l my strength in whom I will trust my buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower
Verses one of two. There are 10 ways God Jehovah is described. So let's, let's put this together. Let's look at these 10 ways and let's put together an in interpretation of what we think David is saying.
I will love the Jehovah my strength.
He supplies my daily energy.
I will love the Jehovah. My strength. Jehovah is my rock.
And that word rock literally means a crag of rock. It's a strong foundation upon which I stand.
I will love the Jehovah. My strength. Jehovah is my rock and my fortress.
That word means literally a fortress, a strong, solid place to flee for protection.
I will love the Jehovah. My strength. Jehovah is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
It is he who provides escape.
So let, let's pause there. We've got four of these descriptions and, and let's put it into the, the the elements that I think David is trying to show us. He's saying, I am strong, I'm strong when I stand upon him, Jehovah as my foundation in the drama of my own trials, in that drama, he is a place to flee for protection. And when I absolutely need deliverance, when I absolutely need it, he provides a way of escape, my strength, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
