Many Bible teachers believe the rendering of
Jehovah Mishgabbi or High Tower in Psalm 18:2 compares the illustration with Misgab, an inaccessible high place in Moab that we can picture as a place of safety that the enemy cannot access. The Psalmist says "The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my
[Mishgabbi] high tower." I love the personalization, don't you? Not just
a high tower - but
my high tower. Look at all the ways the Lord is our safety:
- My rock (a high craggy rock - a stronghold - something that will support our climb)
- My fortress (a castle or strong place of protection)
- My deliverer (to carry away safe - to cause to escape)
- My God (all power, might)
- My strength (a refuge)
- My Buckler (a protector - like the scaly hide of a crocodile)
- The horn of my salvation - (horn is the peak or the power of something)
- My salvation (deliverance, liberty, saving)
- My Mishgabbi - or High Tower - highest place of safety
Amazing safety net! No wonder then that he safely puts his future in the Lord's hands and makes the commitment that it is HE "in whom I will trust." It is after all, a daily choice of whom I will trust.
Breakfast: Carrot-Pineapple bread and Yogurt.
Lunch: Ham with Wild Thyme Apricot-Cranberry-Walnut chutney and pineapple, garlic mashed potatoes topped with parsley and rubbed beets.
Dinner: Pretzel bread sliced in thirds - Wild Thyme Cran-Rasberry sauce instead of mayo (and so much more flavorful), lettuce and thin sliced ham. Strawberry sliced long.
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