KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Psalm 31
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3 For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַטֵּ֤הH5186 · na.tahto stretchאֵלַ֨י׀H413 · elto(wards)אָזְנְךָ֮H241 · o.zenearמְהֵרָ֪הH4120 · me.he.rahhasteהַצִּ֫ילֵ֥נִיH5337 · na.tsalto rescueהֱיֵ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beלִ֨י׀H9030 · nimeלְֽצוּר־H6697 · tsurRocks (of Goats)מָ֭עוֹזH4581 · ma.ozsecurityלְבֵ֥יתH1004 · betplaceמְצוּד֗וֹתH4686 · ma.tsu.dahnetלְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃H3467 · ya.sahto save
Cross-references
Psalm 71:2-3Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.Psalm 86:1A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.Psalm 102:2Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.Psalm 130:2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges.1 John 4:15-16Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?Psalm 94:22But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge.John 6:56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.Psalm 62:7In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.Psalm 91:9Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;Psalm 18:1-2To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.Job 7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].Psalm 40:17But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.Psalm 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.2 Samuel 22:3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.Psalm 90:1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.Isaiah 33:16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.
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