Parallel Verses
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.
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;
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.
NET Bible
Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!
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 In thee, O LORD, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me. 3 For thou are my rock and my fortress. Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:2
Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress. Incline thine ear to me. In the day when I call answer me speedily.
Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Psalm 71:2-3
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me. Bow down thine ear to me, and save me.
Psalm 86:1
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
2 Samuel 22:3
God, my rock, in him I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior. Thou save me from violence.
Job 7:21
And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Psalm 18:1-2
I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalm 40:17
But I am poor and needy, [yet] LORD thinks upon me. Thou are my help and my deliverer. Make no delay, O my God.
Psalm 62:7
With God is my salvation and my glory. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalm 69:17
and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.
Psalm 79:1
O God, the nations have come into thine inheritance. They have defiled thy holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Psalm 90:1
LORD, thou have been our dwelling-place in all generations.
Psalm 91:9
For thou, O LORD, are my refuge! Thou have made the Most High thy habitation.
Psalm 94:22
But LORD has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
Psalm 130:2
LORD, hear my voice. Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psalm 143:7
Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.
Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.
Luke 18:8
I say to you, that he will do their vengeance speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he then find faith on the earth?
John 6:56
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me, and I in him.
1 John 4:12
No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.
1 John 4:15-16
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.