KJV 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.
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Psalm 71:3
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Psalm 71
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 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.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
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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.
הֱיֵ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beלִ֨י׀H9030 · nimeלְצ֥וּרH6697 · tsurRocks (of Goats)מָע֡וֹןH4583 · ma.onhabitationלָב֗וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeתָּמִ֗ידH8548 · ta.midcontinuallyצִוִּ֥יתָH6680 · tsa.vahto commandלְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִיH3467 · ya.sahto saveכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforסַלְעִ֖יH5553 · se.larockוּמְצוּדָתִ֣יH4686 · ma.tsu.dahnetאָֽתָּה׃H859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)
Cross-references
Psalm 18:2The 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.Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.Deuteronomy 33:27The 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 91:9Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;Psalm 31:2-3Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.Psalm 91:11-12For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.Psalm 42:8[Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.Psalm 44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.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.Psalm 68:28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.Psalm 91:1-2He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Revelation 7:2-3And 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,Psalm 144:2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.Psalm 90:1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.Ezekiel 9:6Slay 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 ancient men which [were] before the house.
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