Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me. 3 For thou art 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 unto 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 unto me, and save me.
Psalm 86:1
Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
2 Samuel 22:3
God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
Job 7:21
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Psalm 18:1-2
I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
Psalm 40:17
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, 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 are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Psalm 90:1
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.
Psalm 91:9
For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;
Psalm 94:22
But Jehovah hath 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 Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him ; his waters shall be sure.
Luke 18:8
I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
John 6:56
He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.
1 John 4:12
No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
1 John 4:15-16
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.