Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for thou art my hope, a strong tower for me against the enemy.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Holman Bible
a strong tower
International Standard Version
For you have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength before the enemy.
A Conservative Version
For thou have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
American Standard Version
For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.
Amplified
For You have been a shelter and a refuge for me,
A strong tower against the enemy.
Bible in Basic English
For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.
Darby Translation
For thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower from before the enemy.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou wert a refuge to me, a tower of strength from the face of the enemy.
King James 2000
For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you have been my refuge, a strong tower from the enemy.
Modern King James verseion
For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower before the enemy.
NET Bible
Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.
New Heart English Bible
For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
The Emphasized Bible
For thou hast been, A Refuge to me, A Tower of Strength, from the face of the foe.
Webster
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
World English Bible
For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
Youngs Literal Translation
For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.
Themes
Abidance » Who shall abide in the lord’s tabernacle
Abidance » Who shall abide under the shadow of the almighty
Topics
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 61:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Security In God
2 From the ends of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is in heaviness. O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I; 3 for thou art my hope, a strong tower for me against the enemy. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle forever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. Selah.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong castle, the righteous flyeth unto it, and shall be saved.
Psalm 4:6-7
There be many that say, "Who will show us any good? LORD lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us."
Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.}
Psalm 62:7
In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might; and in God is my trust.
Psalm 116:2
that he hath inclined his ear unto me; therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalm 140:7
O LORD. O LORD God, thou strength of my health; thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Isaiah 46:3-4
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all ye that remain yet of the household of Israel, whom I have borne from your mother's womb, and brought you up from your birth, till ye were grown:
2 Corinthians 1:10
and which delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver - on whom we trust, that yet hereafter he will deliver us,