Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 {To the Chanter, A Psalm of David} In thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 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. 3 For thou art my stronghold and my castle: be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy name's sake.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:2
Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble; incline thine ear unto me when I call. O hear me, and that right soon.
Deuteronomy 32:31
"For our rock is not as their rock; no, though our enemies be judge.
Psalm 71:2-3
but rid me, and deliver me, in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Psalm 86:1
{A Prayer of David} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am comfortless and poor.
2 Samuel 22:3
God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.
Job 7:21
Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."
Psalm 18:1-2
{To the Chanter, of David, servant of the Lord, which said unto the Lord the words of this song, on the day in which the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and said} I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
Psalm 40:17
As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.
Psalm 62:7
In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might; and in God is my trust.
Psalm 69:17
Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; O haste thee, and hear me.
Psalm 79:1
{A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.
Psalm 90:1
{A Prayer of Moses the man of God} LORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another.
Psalm 91:9
For thou, LORD, art my hope; thou hast set thine house of defense very high.
Psalm 94:22
But the LORD is my refuge, my God is the strength of my confidence.
Psalm 130:2
O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint.
Psalm 143:7
Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.
Proverbs 22:17
My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine -
Isaiah 33:16
He it is, that shall dwell on high; whose safeguard shall be in the true rock, to him shall be given the right true meat and drink.
Luke 18:8
I tell you, he will avenge them, and that quickly. Nevertheless, when the son of man cometh, suppose ye that he shall find faith on the earth?"
John 6:56
He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me: and I in him.
1 John 4:12
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.
1 John 4:15-16
Whosoever confesseth that Jesus is the son of God, in him dwelleth God, and he in God.