Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress.
New American Standard Bible
You have given
For You are
King James Version
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Holman Bible
Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and fortress.
International Standard Version
Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously; command my deliverance for you are my rock and fortress.
A Conservative Version
Be thou to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually resort. Thou have given commandment to save me, for thou are my rock and my fortress.
Amplified
Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.
Bible in Basic English
Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.
Darby Translation
Be to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Julia Smith Translation
Be thou to me for a rock of refuge to come always: thou didst command to save me, for thou my rock and my fortress.
King James 2000
Be my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress.
Modern King James verseion
Be a rock of refuge for me, to which I may always go; You have commanded to save me; for You are my Rock and my Fortress.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may always resort; thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defense and my castle.
NET Bible
Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.
New Heart English Bible
Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
The Emphasized Bible
Be thou unto me, a Rock to dwell in, a Place of Security, To save me, For, my mountain crag and my stronghold, thou art.
Webster
Be thou my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
World English Bible
Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
Youngs Literal Translation
Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark art Thou.
Themes
Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A refuge
Fort » Figurative » Of God's care
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 71:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me. 3 Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress. 4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Cross References
Psalm 18:2
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalm 31:2-3
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
Psalm 44:4
Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is thy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
Psalm 42:8
Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, Even a prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalm 68:28
Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Psalm 90:1
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.
Psalm 91:1-2
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:9
For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;
Psalm 91:11-12
For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalm 144:2
My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
Proverbs 18:10
The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him ; his waters shall be sure.
Ezekiel 9:6
slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
Revelation 7:2-3
And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,