El Sali — God My Rock
אֵל סַלְעִי
God my crag, my cliff-rock — the personal claim on unshakeable ground.
Remarkably, the name appears inside a complaint — the psalmist calls God his Rock while asking why he feels forgotten. Both traditions learn from it that lament and trust can share one sentence.
First occurrence
Ps 42:9 — 'I will say to El Sali: why have You forgotten me?'
Key passages
2Sam 22:2 — 'YHVH is my rock (sela) and my fortress'
In the Greek Scriptures
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