Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress 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.
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 31:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Protection
1
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
let me never be disgraced.
Save me by Your righteousness.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.
You lead and guide me
because of Your name.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:2
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.
Deuteronomy 32:31
even our enemies concede.
Psalm 71:2-3
In Your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me.
Psalm 86:1
A Davidic prayer.
for I am poor and needy.
2 Samuel 22:3
My shield, the horn of my salvation,
and my Savior, You save me from violence.
Job 7:21
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.
Psalm 18:1-2
For the choir director. Of the servant of the Lord, David, who spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
Psalm 40:17
the Lord thinks of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.
Psalm 62:7
My refuge is in God.
Psalm 69:17
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!
Psalm 79:1
A psalm of Asaph.
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
Psalm 90:1
BOOK IV
(Psalms 90–106)A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
in every generation.
Psalm 91:9
the Most High—your dwelling place,
Psalm 94:22
my God is the rock of my protection.
Psalm 130:2
let Your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.
Psalm 143:7
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
Proverbs 22:17
and apply your mind to my knowledge.
Isaiah 33:16
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.
Luke 18:8
John 6:56
1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God.
1 John 4:15-16
Whoever confesses