Deuteronomy 33:17
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17 His firstborn bull, majesty is his!
His horns are the horns of a wild ox;
With them he gores the peoples,
attacks the ends of the earth.
These are the myriads of Ephraim,
and these the thousands of Manasseh.
2 Samuel 22:3
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3 my God, my rock of refuge!
My shield, my saving horn,[a]
my stronghold, my refuge,
my savior, from violence you keep me safe.(A)
Psalm 18:2
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Psalm 89:18
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Footnotes
- 89:18, 25 Horn: a concrete noun for an abstract quality; horn is a symbol of strength.
Isaiah 61:10
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Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance
10 [a]I will rejoice heartily in the Lord,
my being exults in my God;
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation,
and wrapped me in a robe of justice,
Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.(A)
Luke 1:47
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47 my spirit rejoices in God my savior.(A)
Luke 1:69
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Footnotes
- 1:69 A horn for our salvation: the horn is a common Old Testament figure for strength (Ps 18:3; 75:5–6; 89:18; 112:9; 148:14). This description is applied to God in Ps 18:3 and is here transferred to Jesus. The connection of the phrase with the house of David gives the title messianic overtones and may indicate an allusion to a phrase in Hannah’s song of praise (1 Sm 2:10), “the horn of his anointed.”
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