Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 Yahweh, have I sought refuge, Let me not be ashamed to times age-abiding, In thy righteousness, deliver me: 2 Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me, - Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me. 3 Because, my mountain crag and my stronghold, thou art, Therefore, for the sake of thine own Name, wilt thou lead me and guide me?
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31
For, not like our Rock, is their rock, Our enemies themselves, being judges;
Psalm 71:2-3
In thy righteousness, wilt thou rescue me, and deliver me, Incline unto me thine ear, and save me:
Psalm 86:1
Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear - answer me, For, oppressed and needy, am I;
2 Samuel 22:3
My God, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, - My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, My Saviour! from violence, thou didst save me.
Job 7:21
And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.
Psalm 18:1-2
I will love thee, O Yahweh my strength!
Psalm 40:17
But, I, being oppressed and needy, May My Lord devise for me, - My help and my deliverer, thou art! O my God, do not tarry!
Psalm 62:7
Upon God, depend my salvation and mine honour, My rock of strength, my refuge, are in God.
Psalm 69:17
Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou - answer me!
Psalm 79:1
O God, nations, Have entered thine inheritance, Have profaned thy holy temple, - Have laid Jerusalem in heaps:
Psalm 90:1
BOOK THE FOURTH Lord! a dwelling-place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to generation:
Psalm 91:9
Because, thou, hast made Yahweh, my refuge, - The Most High, thou last made thy dwelling-place,
Psalm 94:22
But, Yahweh, hath become for me a high tower, And my God, my rock of refuge.
Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;
Isaiah 33:16
He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge, - His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure,
Luke 18:8
I tell you - He will execute their vindication, quickly! nevertheless, though, the Son of Man, do come, will he, after all, find the faith on the earth?
John 6:56
He that feedeth upon my flesh, and drinketh my blood, in me, abideth, and, I, in him.
1 John 4:12
Upon God, hath no one, at any time, gazed: If we love one another, God, in us, abideth, and, his love, hath been perfected within us.
1 John 4:15-16
Whosoever shall confess, that, Jesus Christis the Son of God, God, in him, abideth, and, he, in God.