Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress.
New American Standard Bible
You have given
For You are
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.
Holman Bible
Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and fortress.
International Standard Version
Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously; command my deliverance for you are my rock and fortress.
A Conservative Version
Be thou to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually resort. Thou have given commandment to save me, for thou are my rock and my fortress.
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.
Amplified
Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.
Bible in Basic English
Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.
Darby Translation
Be 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.
Julia Smith Translation
Be thou to me for a rock of refuge to come always: thou didst command to save me, for thou my rock and my fortress.
King James 2000
Be my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.
Modern King James verseion
Be a rock of refuge for me, to which I may always go; You have commanded to save me; for You are my Rock and my Fortress.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may always resort; thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defense and my castle.
NET Bible
Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Be thou unto me, a Rock to dwell in, a Place of Security, To save me, For, my mountain crag and my stronghold, thou art.
Webster
Be thou my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A refuge
Fort » Figurative » Of God's care
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 71:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge
2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me. 3 Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress. 4 My God, rescue me from [the] hand of [the] wicked, from [the] {grasp} of [the] evildoer and [the] oppressor,
Cross References
Psalm 18:2
Yahweh [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge, my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.
Psalm 31:2-3
Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} to save me.
Psalm 44:4
You are my king, O God. Command victories for Jacob.
Deuteronomy 33:27
The God of {ancient time} [is] a hiding place, and underneath [are] [the] arms of eternity, and he drove out {from before} you your enemy, and he said, 'Destroy [them]!'
Psalm 42:8
By day Yahweh commands his loyal love, and in the night his song [is] with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
Psalm 68:28
Your God has commanded your strength. Show yourself strong, O God, [by] what you perform for us.
Psalm 90:1
O Lord, you have been our help {in all generations}.
Psalm 91:1-2
[One who] lives in the secret place of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.
Psalm 91:9
For you, O Yahweh, [are] my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place.
Psalm 91:11-12
For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.
Psalm 144:2
my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and [one] in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me.
Proverbs 18:10
A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh; into him the righteous will run and be safe.
Isaiah 33:16
That one will live [on the] heights; [the] fortresses of rocks [will be] his refuge. His food [will] be given; his waters [will] endure.
Ezekiel 9:6
You must kill {totally} old man, young man and young woman, and little children and women, but {concerning} every man {with the mark on him} you must not approach; and from my sanctuary you must begin." And they began with the old men who {were before} the house.
Revelation 7:2-3
And I saw another angel ascending {from the east}, holding the seal of the living God, and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels {who were given permission} to damage the earth and the sea,