Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!
New American Standard Bible
Be to me a
A stronghold to save me.
King James Version
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Holman Bible
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.
International Standard Version
Listen to me, and deliver me quickly. Become a rock of safety for me, a fortified citadel to deliver me;
A Conservative Version
Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
American Standard Version
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
Amplified
Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;
Be my rock of refuge,
And a strong fortress to save me.
Bible in Basic English
Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
Darby Translation
Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.
Julia Smith Translation
Incline thine ear to me, hastening to deliver me: be to me for a rock of strength, for a house of fortresses to save me.
King James 2000
Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} to save me.
Modern King James verseion
Bow down Your ear to me; deliver me quickly; be my strong rock, a fortress to save me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Bow down thine ear to me; make haste to deliver me. And be thou my strong rock, and a house of defense, that thou mayest save me.
New Heart English Bible
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
The Emphasized Bible
Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me, - Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.
Webster
Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
World English Bible
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.
Themes
Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A defence
God » Christ as » Defence of believers by
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 31:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Protection
1 For the music director; a psalm of David. In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! Vindicate me by rescuing me! 2 Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! 3 For you are my high ridge and my stronghold; for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:2
Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!
Deuteronomy 32:31
For our enemies' rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
Psalm 71:2-3
Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me!
Psalm 86:1
A prayer of David. Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.
2 Samuel 22:3
My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!
Job 7:21
And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."
Psalm 18:1-2
For the music director; by the Lord's servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: "I love you, Lord, my source of strength!
Psalm 40:17
I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!
Psalm 62:7
God delivers me and exalts me; God is my strong protector and my shelter.
Psalm 69:17
Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!
Psalm 79:1
A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.
Psalm 90:1
A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!
Psalm 91:9
For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One.
Psalm 94:22
But the Lord will protect me, and my God will shelter me.
Psalm 130:2
O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
Proverbs 22:17
Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction.
Isaiah 33:16
This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.
Luke 18:8
I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
John 6:56
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.
1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:15-16
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.