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 · 2000

Bow 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 · 1611

Bow 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 · 1901

Bow 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 · 1949

Let 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 · 1862

Incline 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) · 1752

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.

Context

v.1In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness.

v.2This passage

v.3For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name’s sake lead me and guide me.

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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