Psalms 31:1–3
IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
¶ In thee, O LORD, doe I put my trust, let me neuer be ashamed: deliuer me in thy righteousnesse.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
†Bowe downe thine eare to me, deliuer me speedily: be thou my strong rocke, for an house of defence to saue me.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. to me for a rocke of strength.
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
For thou art my rocke and my fortresse: therfore for thy names sake lead me, and guide me.
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From verse 1
- Romans 10:11Rank 1 from verse 1
- Psalms 25:2Rank 2 from verse 1
- Psalms 71:1–3Rank 3 from verse 1
1IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
1¶ In *thee, O LORD, doe I put my trust, let me neuer be put to confusion.
2Deliuer mee in thy righteousnesse, and cause me to escape: incline thine eare vnto me, and saue me.
3†Bee thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast giuen commandement to saue mee, for thou art my rocke, and my fortresse.
- Psalms 22:4–5Rank 4 from verse 1
4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliuer them.
5They cryed vnto thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
- Isaiah 49:23Rank 5 from verse 1
23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
23††*And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queenes thy nursing mothers: they shall bow downe to thee with their face toward the earth, and licke vp the dust of thy feete, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that waite for me.
- Psalms 143:1Rank 6 from verse 1
- Daniel 9:16Rank 7 from verse 1
16¶ O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
16¶ O LORD, according to all thy righteousnes, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy furie bee turned away from thy citie Ierusalem, thy holy Mountaine: because for our sinnes, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Ierusalem and thy people are become a reproch to all that are about vs.
- Psalms 7:8–9Rank 8 from verse 1
8The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
8*The LORD shal iudge the people: iudge me, O LORD, according to my righteousnesse, and according to mine integritie that is in me.
9*Oh let the wickednes of the wicked come to an end, but establish the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.
- Romans 5:5Rank 9 from verse 1
- Psalms 43:1Rank 10 from verse 1
- Psalms 143:11–12Rank 11 from verse 1
11Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
11Quicken me, O LORD, for thy names sake: for thy righteousnesse sake bring my soule out of trouble.
12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soule: for I am thy seruant.
From verse 2
- Psalms 71:2–3Rank 1 from verse 2
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
2Deliuer mee in thy righteousnesse, and cause me to escape: incline thine eare vnto me, and saue me.
3†Bee thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast giuen commandement to saue mee, for thou art my rocke, and my fortresse.
- Psalms 102:2Rank 2 from verse 2
- Psalms 86:1Rank 3 from verse 2
- 1 John 4:15–16Rank 4 from verse 2
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
15Whosoeuer shall confesse that Iesus is the Sonne of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16And we haue knowen and beleeued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and hee that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
- Deuteronomy 32:31Rank 5 from verse 2
- Psalms 130:2Rank 6 from verse 2
- 1 John 4:12Rank 7 from verse 2
- 2 Samuel 22:3Rank 8 from verse 2
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.
3The God of my rocke, in him will I trust: hee is my shield, and the horne of my saluation, my high tower, and my refuge, my Sauiour; thou sauest me from violence.
- Isaiah 33:16Rank 9 from verse 2
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.
21And why doest thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquitie? for now shall I sleepe in the dust, and thou shalt seeke me in the morning, but I shall not be.
- Proverbs 22:17Rank 13 from verse 2
- Psalms 143:7Rank 14 from verse 2
- Psalms 18:1–2Rank 15 from verse 2
1I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength.
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.
1I will loue thee, O LORD, my strength.
2†The LORD is my rocke, and my fortresse, and my deliuerer: my God, my strength in whome I will trust, my buckler, and the horne of my saluation, and my high tower.
- Psalms 40:17Rank 16 from verse 2
- Psalms 62:7Rank 17 from verse 2
- Psalms 69:17Rank 18 from verse 2
- Psalms 79:1Rank 19 from verse 2
- Psalms 90:1Rank 20 from verse 2
- Psalms 91:9Rank 21 from verse 2
- Psalms 94:22Rank 22 from verse 2
From verse 3
- Psalms 143:10–11Rank 1 from verse 3
10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
10Teach me to doe thy will, for thou art my God, thy spirit is good: leade me into the land of vprightnesse.
11Quicken me, O LORD, for thy names sake: for thy righteousnesse sake bring my soule out of trouble.
- Isaiah 49:10Rank 3 from verse 3
10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
10*They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heate nor sunne smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, euen by the springs of water shall he guide them.
- John 16:13Rank 4 from verse 3
13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
13Howbeit, when hee the spirit of trueth is come, he wil guide you into all trueth: For he shall not speake of himselfe: but whatsoeuer he shall heare, that shall he speake, and he will shew you things to come.
- Psalms 25:5Rank 5 from verse 3
- Psalms 79:9Rank 6 from verse 3
- Jeremiah 14:7Rank 7 from verse 3
- Nehemiah 9:12Rank 8 from verse 3
12Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
12Moreouer thou *leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night, by a pillar of fire, to giue them light in the way wherin they should go.
- Psalms 23:2–3Rank 9 from verse 3
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
2††He maketh me to lie downe in greene pastures: he leadeth mee beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soule: he leadeth me in the pathes of righteousnes, for his names sake.
- Psalms 25:11Rank 10 from verse 3
- Psalms 139:24Rank 11 from verse 3
- Psalms 25:9Rank 12 from verse 3
- Psalms 43:3Rank 13 from verse 3
- Ephesians 1:12Rank 14 from verse 3
- Ezekiel 36:21–22Rank 15 from verse 3
21¶ But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
21¶ But I had pitie for mine holy Name, which the house of Israel had prophaned among the heathen, whither they went.
22Therefore say vnto the house of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God, I doe not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy Names sake, which ye haue prophaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
- Joshua 7:9Rank 16 from verse 3
9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
9For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall enuiron vs round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy great Name?
- Nehemiah 9:19Rank 17 from verse 3
19Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
19Yet thou, in thy manifold mercies, forsookest them not in the wildernesse: the *pillar of the cloude departed not from them by day, to leade them in the way, neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherin they should goe.
- Psalms 18:2Rank 18 from verse 3
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.
2†The LORD is my rocke, and my fortresse, and my deliuerer: my God, my strength in whome I will trust, my buckler, and the horne of my saluation, and my high tower.
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Psalms 31:1
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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Sense 1: Confidence or reliance placed in a person or thing. Sense 2: To rely upon, confide in, or place confidence in. Sense 3: Something committed to another's care or charge.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Sense 1: Not ever; at no time or in no case. Sense 2: In never so constructions, however or no matter how much.
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1. Brought to shame, dishonour, confusion, or disappointed expectation. 2. Feeling or showing shame or embarrassment because of conduct, condition, or exposure. 3. Unwilling or reluctant to own, acknowledge, associate with, or do something because of shame.
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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.
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righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
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Psalms 31:2
Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.
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Quickly, promptly, or within a short time.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Having great power, might, firmness, courage, capacity, influence, defence, health, intensity, or ability to act, endure, resist, overcome, or support.
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1. A mass of stone or a rocky place. 2. Figuratively, a secure refuge, strength, foundation, or cause of stumbling. 3. A title or figure for God or Christ.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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Sense 1: Protection from attack or harm; a means of defending. Sense 2: An answer made against an accusation.
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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.
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Psalms 31:3
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.
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1. A mass of stone or a rocky place. 2. Figuratively, a secure refuge, strength, foundation, or cause of stumbling. 3. A title or figure for God or Christ.
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Sense 1: A strong, fortified, defended place or stronghold providing protection. Sense 2: A secure refuge and defence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
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Sense 1: A soft, heavy metal. Sense 2: As a verb, to guide, conduct, or go before.
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1. To lead or direct in a way, course, action, or understanding. 2. One who leads or directs another.
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1IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
1¶ In thee, O LORD, doe I put my trust, let me neuer be ashamed: deliuer me in thy righteousnesse.
Selected passage2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
2†Bowe downe thine eare to me, deliuer me speedily: be thou my strong rocke, for an house of defence to saue me.
Selected passage3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
3For thou art my rocke and my fortresse: therfore for thy names sake lead me, and guide me.
Selected passage4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
4Pull me out of the net, that they haue layd priuily for me: for thou art my strength.