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Psalms 31:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save me.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: be thou to me a strong rock, an house of defence to save me.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me,—Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— 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.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Bowe downe thine eare to me, deliuer me speedily: be thou my strong rocke, for an house of defence to saue me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Incline thine ear to me and answer me speedily; be thou unto me the God, the helper, and the house of refuge; and save me,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Bow down 5186
{5186} Prime
נָטָה
natah
{naw-taw'}
A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications.
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
thine ear 241
{0241} Prime
אֹזֶן
'ozen
{o'-zen}
From H0238; broadness, that is, (concretely) the ear (from its form in man).
to x413
(0413) Complement
אֵל
'el
{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
me; deliver 5337
{5337} Prime
נָצַל
natsal
{naw-tsal'}
A primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense.
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
me speedily: 4120
{4120} Prime
מְהֵרָה
m@herah
{meh-hay-raw'}
Feminine of H4118; properly a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly.
be x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
thou my strong 4581
{4581} Prime
מָעוֹז
ma`owz
{maw-oze'}
From H5810; a fortified place; figuratively a defence.
rock, 6697
{6697} Prime
צוּר
tsuwr
{tsoor}
From H6696; properly a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally a rock or boulder; figuratively a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous).
for an house 1004
{1004} Prime
בַּיִת
bayith
{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
of defence 4686
{4686} Prime
מָצוּד
matsuwd
{maw-tsood'}
From H4685; a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastness.
to save 3467
{3467} Prime
יָשַׁע
yasha`
{yaw-shah'}
A primitive root; properly to be open, wide or free, that is, (by implication) to be safe; causatively to free or succor.
z8687
<8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 1162
me.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 31:2-4

_ _ He seeks help in God’s righteous government (Psalms 5:8), and begs for an attentive hearing, and speedy and effectual aid. With no other help and no claim of merit, he relies solely on God’s regard to His own perfections for a safe guidance and release from the snares of his enemies. On the terms “rock,” etc., (compare Psalms 17:2; Psalms 18:2, Psalms 18:50; Psalms 20:6; Psalms 23:3; Psalms 25:21).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 31:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Bow:

Psalms 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Psalms 86:1 [[A Prayer of David.]] Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.
Psalms 130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Proverbs 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

deliver:

Psalms 40:17 But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalms 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Psalms 79:1 [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalms 102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.
Psalms 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Job 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

my strong rock:
Heb. to me for a rock of strength,
Psalms 18:1-2 [[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,]] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. ... The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
Psalms 62:7 In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.
Psalms 94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge.
Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges.
2 Samuel 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

an house:

Psalms 71:3 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.
Psalms 90:1 [[A Prayer of Moses the man of God.]] Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Psalms 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;
Isaiah 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.
John 6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:15-16 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. ... And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 32:31. 2S 22:3. Jb 7:21. Ps 18:1; 40:17; 62:7; 69:17; 71:2, 3; 79:1; 86:1; 90:1; 91:9; 94:22; 102:2; 130:2; 143:7. Pv 22:17. Is 33:16. Lk 18:8. Jn 6:56. 1Jn 4:12, 15.

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