Psalm 71:3 “Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save…”

Psalm 71:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Be thou my strong rocke, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast giuen commandement to saue me: for thou art my rocke, and my fortresse.

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.

Young's 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.

Bible in Basic English

Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

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Cross references

“my strong habitation”

Proverbs 18:10 Isaiah 33:16 Psalm 31:2 Psalm 31:3 Psalm 91:1 Psalm 91:2

Proverbs 18:10 · BSB

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

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.

Psalm 31:2 · BSB

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

Psalm 31:3 · BSB

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

Psalm 91:1 · BSB

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 91:2 · BSB

I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

“thou hast”

Psalm 44:4 Psalm 68:28 Ezekiel 9:6 Psalm 91:11 Psalm 91:12 Revelation 7:2

Psalm 44:4 · BSB

You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

Psalm 68:28 · BSB

Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.

Ezekiel 9:6 · BSB

Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

Psalm 91:11 · BSB

For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Psalm 91:12 · BSB

They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Revelation 7:2 · BSB

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

“my rock”

Psalm 18:2 Psalm 144:2

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.

Psalm 144:2 · BSB

He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

Also

Deuteronomy 33:27 Psalm 91:9 Psalm 42:8 Psalm 90:1

Deuteronomy 33:27 · BSB

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

Psalm 91:9 · BSB

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

Psalm 42:8 · BSB

The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 90:1 · BSB

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

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

In context

2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

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