Psalms 31:2
What does Psalms 31:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 31:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 143:7
Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Psalms 71:2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.
- Psalms 79:1
O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
- Psalms 40:17
But I am poor and needy; Yetthe Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
- 2 Samuel 22:3
God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
- Psalms 69:17
And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
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