Psalms 31:2
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.
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- 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
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- Psalms 91:9Rank 21 from verse 2
- Psalms 94:22Rank 22 from verse 2
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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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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.
2Bow 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.