But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked--You are grown fat, thick, and sleek--Then he forsook God who made him, and scorned the Rock of his salvation. They made Him jealous with strange gods; with abominations they provoked Him to anger. They sacrificed to demons who were not God, to gods whom they have not known, new gods who came lately, whom your fathers did not dread. You neglected the Rock who begot you, and forgot the God who gave you birth. Deuteronomy 32:15-18 (From Song of Moses)
Would that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would discern their future! How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up? Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies themselves judge this. Deuteronomy 32:29-31 (From Song of Moses)
Then Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD, my mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides you, nor is there any Rock like our God. Boast no more so very proudly, do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed. 1 Samuel 2:1-3 (From Hannah's Song of Thanksgiving) [Granted, there is a possiblility in this passage Hannah is inferring an idol is but rock, not like the Living God --Nitewrit]
And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said, “the LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence. I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies. 2 Samuel 22:1-4 (From David's Psalm of Deliverance)
As for God, His way is blameless; the word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
For who is God, besides the LORD?
And who is a rock, besides our God?
God is my strong fortress; and He sets the blameless in His way. 2 Samuel 22:31-33
"The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; and exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, the God who executes vengeance for me, and brings down peoples under me, who also brings me out from my enemies; you even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man.
Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations, and I will sing praises to your name.
He is a tower of deliverance to His king, and shows loving kindness to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever." 2 Samuel 22:47-51
Now these are the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse declares, the man who was raised on high declares, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. The God of Israel said, he Rock of Israel spoke to me, “he who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through sunshine after rain”. Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; for all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow? 2 Samuel 23:1-5 (David's Last Song)
For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,
"I love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” Psalm 18:1-2 (The LORD Praised for Giving Deliverance.)
As for God, His way is blameless; The Word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God, The God who girds me with strength and makes my way blameless? Psalm 18:30-32 (The LORD Praised for Giving Deliverance.)
Foreigners fade away, and come trembling out of their fortresses.
The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,
the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me. Psalm 18:30-32 (The LORD Praised for Giving Deliverance.)
To You, O LORD, I call; my rock, do not be deaf to me, for if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary. Psalm 28:1-2 (A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer)
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me. Incline your ear to me, rescue me quickly; be to me a rock of strength, a stronghold to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me. Psalm 31:1-3 (A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise)
The LORD will command His loving kindness in the daytime; and His song will be with me in the night, a prayer to the God of my life.
I will say to God my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Psalm 42:8-10
My soul waits in silence for God only; from Him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
How long will you assail a man, that you may murder him, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position; they delight in falsehood; they bless with their mouth, but inwardly they curse. Selah.
My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
On God my salvation and my glory rest; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than breath.
Do not trust in oppression and do not vainly hope in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Once God has spoken; twice I have heard this: that power belongs to God; and lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord, for You recompense a man according to his work. Psalm 62:1-12 (God Alone a Refuge from Treachery and Oppression)
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be ashamed. In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline Your ear to me and save me. Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; you have given commandment to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man, for You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth. Psalm 71:1-5 (Prayer of an Old Man for Deliverance)
Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, and said, "I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. I have found David My servant; with My holy oil I have anointed him, with whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him. The enemy will not deceive him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him. But I shall crush his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him. My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, and in My name his horn will be exalted. I shall also set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' I also shall make him My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, and My covenant shall be confirmed to him. So I will establish his descendants forever and his throne as the days of heaven. Psalm 71:19-29 (Prayer of an Old Man for Deliverance)
They will still yield fruit in old age;
they shall be full of sap and very green, to declare that the LORD is upright;
He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Psalm 92:14-15
O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD, let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods in whose hand are the depths of the earth, the peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it, and His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Psalm 95:1-7 (Praise to the LORD, and Warning against Unbelief)
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; He sets up walls and ramparts for security. Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter, the one that remains faithful. The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, for in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock. Isaiah 26:1-4 (Song of Trust in God's Protection)
'Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it;
yes, let him recount it to Me in order,
from the time that I established the ancient nation.
And let them declare to them the things that are coming
and the events that are going to take place.
'Do not tremble and do not be afraid;
have I not long since announced it to you and declared it?
And you are My witnesses.
Is there any God besides Me?
Or is there any other Rock?
I know of none.'" Isaiah 44:7-9
"Then they will sweep through like the wind and pass on
but they will be held guilty,
they whose strength is their god."
Are You not from everlasting,
O LORD, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge;
and You, O Rock, have established them to correct. Habakkuk 1:11-13
FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT
When Jesus tells the parable of the two men who built their homes, He makes clear what foundation is important. It is that built upon the Rock of Jesus Christ, Savior and God.
"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Matthew 7:23-25 (The Two Foundations)
"Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
"But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great." Luke 6:47-49
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, just as it is written,
"BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE,
AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." Romans 9:32-33
For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:1-4