Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} 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.
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.
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 you, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge. Let me not be put to shame ever. Deliver me by your righteousness. 2 Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} to save me. 3 For you [are] my rock and my fortress. So, for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:2
Do not hide your face from me in [the] day [of] my trouble. Incline your ear to me. In the day I call, answer me quickly,
Deuteronomy 32:31
For the fact of the matter is, their rock [is] not like our Rock, and our enemies recognize [this].
Psalm 71:2-3
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me.
Psalm 86:1
Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.
2 Samuel 22:3
I take refuge in God, my rock, my shield, and the {strength} of my salvation. My stronghold and my refuge, O my savior, you will save me from violence!
Job 7:21
And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but {I will be no more}."
Psalm 18:1-2
And he said: "I love you, O Yahweh, my strength."
Psalm 40:17
But I [am] poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.
Psalm 62:7
On God [rests] my salvation and my glory; God is my strong rock, my refuge.
Psalm 69:17
and do not hide your face from your servant. Because I am in trouble, answer me quickly.
Psalm 79:1
O God, [the] nations have entered your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.
Psalm 90:1
O Lord, you have been our help {in all generations}.
Psalm 91:9
For you, O Yahweh, [are] my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place.
Psalm 94:22
But Yahweh has become my [high] stronghold, and my God [has become] my rock of refuge.
Psalm 130:2
"O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psalm 143:7
Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like [those] descending to [the] pit.
Proverbs 22:17
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart to my teaching.
Isaiah 33:16
That one will live [on the] heights; [the] fortresses of rocks [will be] his refuge. His food [will] be given; his waters [will] endure.
Luke 18:8
I tell you that {he will see to it that justice is done} for them soon! Nevertheless, [when] the Son of Man comes, then 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
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.