Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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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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 cause me to escape; incline thine ear unto me and save me.
3
You have given
For You are
Cross References
Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 31:2-3
Incline thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily; be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me.
Psalm 44:4
Thou art my King, O God; command saving health unto Jacob.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The habitation of God is eternal, and underneath the everlasting arms; he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee and shall say, Destroy them.
Psalm 42:8
Yet the LORD will command his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalm 68:28
Thy God has commanded thy strength; confirm, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
Psalm 90:1
Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
Psalm 91:1-2
He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:9
Because thou hast made the LORD, who is my hope, even the most High, thy habitation,
Psalm 91:11-12
For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalm 144:2
My mercy and my fortress; my high tower and my deliverer; my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdues my people under me.
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous shall run into it, and be raised up.
Isaiah 33:16
he shall dwell upon the high places: fortresses of rocks shall be his place of refuge: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Ezekiel 9:6
Slay the old, the young men, and the virgins, the children and the women, but do not come near anyone upon whom is the mark; and ye must begin from my sanctuary. Then they began with the men, the elders, which were in front of the temple.
Revelation 7:2-3
And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God: and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the land and the sea,