Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 cause me to escape: incline thy ear to me, and save me. 3 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. 4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
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
Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
Psalm 44:4
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee, and shall say, Destroy them.
Psalm 42:8
Yet the LORD will command his loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer to 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
A prayer of Moses the man of God. 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
Because thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, 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 goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Ezekiel 9:6
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, 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 elderly men who were before the house.
Revelation 7:2-3
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,