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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 86:8, Deuteronomy 32:31, Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 2:2, 2 Samuel 22:32, Isaiah 45:5, Isaiah 45:21, Isaiah 45:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:4 - Lord Deuteronomy 32:4 - the Rock Judges 15:18 - Thou hast given 1 Chronicles 29:12 - give strength Psalms 62:6 - rock Psalms 144:1 - my strength Isaiah 30:29 - mighty One Isaiah 44:8 - no God
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For who [is] God save the Lord?.... Or Jehovah: there is but one God, and Jehovah is he; there is none besides him, nor any like him: there are many that are called gods, nominal deities, who are not by nature gods; fictitious ones, the idols of the Gentiles, made of gold, silver, brass, wood, and stone; but there is but one true God: there are gods, in an improper sense, as civil magistrates; but there is none really and truly so but the Lord; which is to be understood, not of Jehovah the Father, to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit; for the Son is Jehovah, and the Spirit is Jehovah; both are so called, as well as the Father, and all three one God;
or who [is] a rock save our God? to have recourse to for shelter and protection; or to trust to, and build upon, for eternal life and salvation. False gods are rocks; but not like ours, our enemies themselves being judges, Deuteronomy 32:31; so Apollo at Delphos is called the Delphian rock n: the words seem to be taken from, or at least there is in them a reference to, 1 Samuel 2:2.
n δελφις πετρα, Sophoclis Oedipus, v. 472.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For who is God save the Lord? - Who is God except Yahweh? The idea is, that no other being has evinced the power, the wisdom, and the goodness which properly belong to the true God; or, that the things which are implied in the true nature of God are found in no other being.
Or who is a rock save our God? - See Psalms 18:2. There is no one who can furnish such safety or defense; no one under whose protection we can be secure in danger. Compare Deuteronomy 32:31.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 18:31. For who is God save the Lord? — "For who is Eloah, except Jehovah?" None is worthy of adoration but the self-existent, eternal, infinitely perfect, and all-merciful Being.
Or who is a rock — A fountain emitting continual supplies of grace and goodness.