1:19 The beauty 1 of Israel lies slain on your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!
“The Lord is my high ridge, 2 my stronghold, 3 my deliverer.
1 sn The word beauty is used figuratively here to refer to Saul and Jonathan.
2 tn Traditionally “is my rock”; CEV “mighty rock”; TEV “is my protector.” This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28.
3 tn Traditionally “my fortress”; TEV “my strong fortress”; NCV “my protection.”
sn My stronghold. David often found safety in such strongholds. See 1 Sam 22:4-5; 24:22; 2 Sam 5:9, 17; 23:14.