Psalms 71:2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Deliuer mee in thy righteousnesse, and cause me to escape: incline thine eare vnto me, and saue me.
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- Psalms 31:1Rank 1 from verse 2
- Psalms 17:6Rank 2 from verse 2
- Psalms 116:1–2Rank 3 from verse 2
1I LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
1¶ I loue the LORD: because hee hath heard my voice, & my supplications.
2†Because hee hath inclined his eare vnto mee: therefore will I call vpon him as long as I liue.
- Psalms 143:11Rank 4 from verse 2
- 1 Corinthians 10:13Rank 5 from verse 2
13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
13There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is ‖common to man: but God is faithfull, who wil not suffer you to bee tempted aboue that you are able: but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may bee able to beare it.
- Psalms 10:17–18Rank 6 from verse 2
17Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
17‖ LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine eare to heare,
18‖To iudge the fatherlesse and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppresse.
- Psalms 143:1Rank 7 from verse 2
- Psalms 17:2Rank 8 from verse 2
- Psalms 34:15Rank 9 from verse 2
- Psalms 43:1Rank 10 from verse 2
- Daniel 9:16Rank 11 from verse 2
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.
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Psalms 71:2
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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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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righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.
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To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm.
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To bend, bow, turn, tend, or direct toward; to direct one's attention or desire.
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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, 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 put to confusion.
1¶ In *thee, O LORD, doe I put my trust, let me neuer be put to confusion.
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
2Deliuer mee in thy righteousnesse, and cause me to escape: incline thine eare vnto me, and saue me.
Selected passage3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
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.