Psalm 31:2 “Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refug…”

Psalm 31:2

Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

World English Bible

Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

American Standard Version

Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Bowe downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer mee: be vnto me a stronge rocke, and an house of defence to saue me.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“Bow”

Psalm 86:1 Psalm 130:2 Proverbs 22:17 Psalm 71:2

Psalm 86:1 · BSB

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Psalm 130:2 · BSB

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

Proverbs 22:17 · BSB

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—

Psalm 71:2 · BSB

In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

“deliver”

Psalm 102:2 Psalm 40:17 Psalm 69:17 Psalm 79:1 Psalm 143:7 Job 7:21

Psalm 102:2 · BSB

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

Psalm 40:17 · BSB

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Psalm 69:17 · BSB

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

Psalm 79:1 · BSB

The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

Psalm 143:7 · BSB

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

Job 7:21 · BSB

Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

“my strong rock”

Deuteronomy 32:31 Psalm 62:7 Psalm 94:22 2 Samuel 22:3 Psalm 18:1 Psalm 18:2

Deuteronomy 32:31 · BSB

For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

Psalm 62:7 · BSB

My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.

Psalm 94:22 · BSB

But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.

2 Samuel 22:3 · BSB

My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

Psalm 18:1 · BSB

I love You, O LORD, my strength.

Psalm 18:2 · BSB

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

“an house”

Psalm 90:1 Psalm 91:9 Isaiah 33:16 John 6:56 1 John 4:12 Psalm 71:3

Psalm 90:1 · BSB

Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

Psalm 91:9 · BSB

Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—

Isaiah 33:16 · BSB

he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

John 6:56 · BSB

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

1 John 4:12 · BSB

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

Psalm 71:3 · BSB

Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

3For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

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